1. Inventing Agriculture
AP Human Geography
Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use Unit

2. For today, 03/22
You will need your note-taking materials and a blank sheet of copy paper for today’s class.

3. Hunting and Gathering
Only way to acquire food for most of our existence (like 99% )
Population of groups were small (20ish - 40ish)
Settlements were not permanent
Development of gender roles
Very few exist today
Bushmen of the Kalahari

4. Agriculture
Deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain. Crops are plants cultivated by people.
Invented around 10,000 – 14,000 years ago: AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION!
Invented twice: Vegetative vs. Seed
Name drop  Carl Sauer

5. Vegetative Planting: Origin and Diffusion

6. Seed Agriculture: Origin and Diffusion

8. Fertile Crescent: Origin of Civilization
THANKS AG!
Surplus of food:
Selective breeding
Cities
Specialization
Culture

9. Your Assignment from Key Issue 1 (chapter 10)
Create a graphic in which you explain and illustrate the differences between SUBSISTENCE and COMMERCIAL agriculture.
Be sure to include:
Definitions of each
Labor force
Machinery and technology
Farm size