AP Human Geography with correct answers

Deliberate modification of Earth's surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain. - agriculture Any plant cultivated by people. - crop What are the characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society? - The men hunted game or fished, and the women collected berries, nuts, and roots. This division of labor sounds like a stereotype that is based on evidence archaeology and anthropology. Small groups, fallowed migration patterns. How many hunter-gatherers are there today? - less than 0.005% Where od they live? - Australia's Great Victorian Desert Andaman Islans Botswana Namibia The time when human beings firs domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. - agricultural revolution The production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family. - subsistence agriculture The production of food primarily for sale off the farm. - commercial agriculture What are the three main features that separate commercial agriculture from subsistence agriculture? - percentage of farmers in the labor force the use of machinery farm size % of Farmers in Labor Force in Subsistence Agriculture - 44% % of Farmers in Labor Force in Commercial Agriculture - 5% North America-2%...