
Drivers and Feedbacks in the Development of Food Systems
Instructions
Download the worksheet to understand and complete the assessment. You will submit the answers from worksheet to the Module 2 Summative Assessment in Canvas.
The first part of the worksheet presents a more detailed version of the interaction of human and natural systems at the onset of agriculture at the end of the last ice age, presented at the end of Module 2.1. This is to provide you an example in the use of these diagrams to think about changes in food systems over human history, and it is shown below here as well.

Further instructions for the assignment are given in the worksheet. You will need to fill in four questions on the worksheet, some of which have multiple parts.
Submitting Your Assignment
Please submit your assignment in Canvas using the Module 2 Summative Assessment or take the summative assessment quiz (on-line class).
Grading Information and Rubric
Your assignment will be evaluated based on the following rubric (hybrid class). The maximum grade for the assignment is 24 points.
Description | Possible Points |
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Question 1: Correct explanation of drivers acting as positive feedbacks (2 examples) | 6 points |
Question 2: Correct placement of drivers into the diagram (partial credit allowed)
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6 points |
Question 3: Correct explanation of drivers acting as positive feedbacks in Figure 2 based on expansion of agriculture to colonies | 4 points |
Question 4: Explanation of terms of spatial diffusion and niche construction.
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4 points |
Overall style, completeness of answers, grammar, and spelling | 4 points |