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world geography essay, help?
Okay, I know what to do on the essay, but the problem is that i don't know examples and i don't know what these words mean. Part of it says that i need to describe the difference between subsistence agriculture and market oriented agriculture. And the difference between cottage industries and commercial industries. What are cottage industries and such? i read some definitions.. but i don't understand still, can you give me an example so i can understand it easier?
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subsistence agriculture is when you only grow enough food for your family, like a small vegetable garden. market oriented agriculture is where you grow enough to sell to make a living... like a really huge farm. one thing that i learned about both of these is that back in prehistory, everybody had the same job- caring for their own individual family. but then the different types of farming developed and people were able to choose different professions- like artisans- that would pay enough money so that they could either buy what food they needed or grow only enough for themselves. so there were farmers who grew all the food, and then other townspeople who had different jobs. a cottage industry is when products are manufactured in a home or something- hence the name cottage. it basically means small-scale, and a few hundred years ago it meant that the whole family was involved. this was probably for making things like cloth, which takes forever to make. commercial industries are the opposite- they are very large-scale and manufacture products in factories. i hope this helped... it sounds like it's just comparing opposites i suppose.
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