Subsistence and Economy

Part 1 Anthro week 4

1.       Hunter and gatherers is a society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals and Agriculture is societies which rely mainly on domesticated species.

2.       The cost and disadvantages of both subsistence patterns is hunter and gatherers were mainly men it could be dangerous, days of traveling.

3.       Hunters and gatherers provide a healthier diet they would eat fresh catches unaltered by genetics and hormones, more organ meat than muscle meat.

4.       Humans transitioned into agriculture because of plant and animal domestication which lead to villages and towns then to specialized crops and surplus food production.

Part 2

1.       Surplus is the monetary gain obtained by consumers because they are able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the highest price that they would be willing to pay.  and Trade is the transfer of ownership of goods and services from one person or entity to another by getting something in exchange from the buyer

2.        Social benefits to trading are supporting more productive, higher paying jobs in our export sectors and expanding the variety of products for purchase by consumers and business, Encouraging investment and more rapid economic growth.

3.       Negative social results in trade are our green environment being destroyed and the quality of food and other items declining for mass reproduction which leads to trade deficits where we import more than we export.

4.       In order for Trade to work successfully we need agriculture to provide the consumers with products worth trading.