Agricultural Revolution

Populations increased due to food surpluses.

• True

• False

What was the invention that planted seeds in a straight line?

• Crop Rotation

• Seed Drill

• Enclosure Movement

• Mechanization

The increase in agricultural yields led to

• a population increase

• a population decrease

• no change in the population

• increase number of farming jobs

Why was crop rotation such an important farming technique?

• it helped to keep the soil fertile

• it planted seeds in a straight line

• it enclosed all the common land so peasants had to move to the cities

• it watered the crops

A time when new inventions and techniques made farming faster and easier is known as the

• The Technology Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Mechanical Revolution

• The Agricultural Revolution

In what country did the Agricultural Revolution begin?

• France

• Spain

• The United States

• Great Britain

rural can best be described as

• small farming villages

• big cities with factories

urban can best be described as

• small farming villages
• big cities with factories

What was NOT a  reasons for rural-to-urban migration?

• the enclosure movement
• increase in farming jobs
• better jobs available in the factories
• better farming inventions and techniques

What do we call the change in farming practices, like creating enclosures and crop rotation, that occurred before the Industrial Revolution from 1600 - 1700?

• The Farming Revolution
• The Pre-industrial Revolution
• The Agricultural Revolution
• The Rotation Revolution