HIST 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Great American Desert, North West Company, Cash Crop
15 Sep 2015
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Concepts of the unit: human dominion over nature ecosystem extensive vs. intensive agriculture subsistence vs. commercial agriculture. Please define and discuss with specific historical examples any of the unit concepts. Ecosystem is a collection of plants, animals, and nonliving things all interacting with one another in a particular locale. Palliser"s triangle: arid plains," with a dry climate, sandy soils, and abundant grass cover. This second area became known as palliser"s triangle. Human dominion over nature: it is derived from the christian faith extensive vs. intensive agriculture: intensive agriculture is a system of cultivation using large amounts of labour and capital relative to land area. Commercial agriculture (i) farming practice in which goods produced are mainly for the market to get cash. 1 (ii) farms are larger and cash crops are cultivated. Such as cotton, sugar-cane, jute. (iii) better implements are used and there are proper irrigation facilities. (iv) less of manpower is used.
