Chapter 11 Subsistence Terms

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Across
  1. 3. foods that form the backbone of the subsistence system by providing the majority of the calories a society consumes.
  2. 7. a complex economic system through which goods circulate around the globe.
  3. 9. the cultural norms and attitudes surrounding food and eating
  4. 10. a measurement of the number of calories that can be extracted from a particular unit of land in order to support a human population
  5. 12. the study of how human cultures have developed over time as a result of interactions with the environment.
Down
  1. 1. the reliance on a single plant species as a food source.
  2. 2. the set of skills, practices, and technologies used by members of a society to acquire and distribute food.
  3. 4. a subsistence system in which people raise herds of domesticated livestock.
  4. 5. the work associated with obtaining food for a family or household
  5. 6. a subsistence system based on the small-scale cultivation of crops intended primarily for the direct consumption of the household or immediate community.
  6. 8. a subsistence system that relies on wild plant and animal food resources. This system is sometimes called "hunting and gathering."
  7. 11. the cultivation of domesticated plants and animals using technologies that allow for intensive use of the land