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Describe any five characteristics of the economic activities of hunting and gathering practiced in the world.

Answer:

The characteristics of economic activities of hunting and gathering practiced in the world are:

(i) Gathering and hunting are the oldest economic activities of known. These are carried out at different levels with different orientations.

(ii) Gathering is carried out in the regions having harsh climatic conditions. It involves primitive societies who extract both plant and animals to satisfy their needs for fool, shelter and clothing.

(iii) This type of activity requires less capital investment and operates at very low level of technology.

(iv) The yield of activity requires less capital investment and operates at very low level of technology.

(v) The yield per person is very low and little or no surplus is produced.

(vi) Gathers and hunters collected valuable products such as leaves, bark of trees, medicinal plants and after simple processing they sell the products in the markets.