ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Internal Combustion Engine, Horticulture, American Indian Boarding Schools
9 Apr 2013
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Energy-capturing technology- refers to how people apply human labour and technology to natural resources. Features of the environment- consist of sunlight, rainfall, soil quality, forests and mineral deposits. Fossil fuels- consist of materials such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas derived from decomposed remains of prehistoric organisms over a period of hundreds of millions of years. Ecological anthropology- is concerned with cultural and biological responses that affect or are affected by the survival, reproduction, and health and spatial distribution of human population. Carrying capacity- is the upper limit on production and population in a given environment under a given technology, without degrading the resource base. Point of diminishing returns- is the point at which the amount of food produced per unit of effort begins to fall. Intensification- refers to an increase in labour output (using more people, working longer hours, or working faster) to produce greater yields without expanding the amount of land used.
