The Agricultural Revolution

Jethro Tull's contributions to English agriculture were the product of

• good luck.

• empirical research.

• deductive reasoning.

• speculative reasoning.

• universal study.

Before 1700, the total European population

• followed an irregular cycle of slow growth.

• always grew too fast.

• grew steadily and moderately.

• followed a cyclical pattern of steady decline.

• had been constant for centuries

The agricultural revolution first manifested itself in

• England.

• the Low Countries.

• Sweden.

• North America.

• France.

The expansion of Europe in the eighteenth century featured all of the following except

• growing population.

• increased world trade.

• disappearance of the bubonic plague.

• relatively peaceful international relations.

• the continuation of mercantilist policies begun in the seventeenth century.

All of the following contributed to increased agricultural production in western Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries except

• increased use of animal fertilizers.

• the elimination of the "fallow field."

• programs to distribute land to the people who farmed it.

• drainage of marshlands.

• the introduction of new crops to rotate, such as turnips, potatoes, and clover.

The increase in fertilizer supplies during the agricultural revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries was due in part to

• the import of guano from Pacific islands.

• systematic collection and sale of human waste.

• increased fruit consumption in European diets.

• discovery of the effectiveness of rotten fish as fertilizer.

• increased numbers of livestock, which provided more manure.

The most prevalent system of land usage in Europe from the mid-17th century onward was known as the

• estate system.

• tenant system.

• fallow-rotational system.

• crop rotation.

• two-field system.

At the end of the 17th century, at least _____ percent of western Europe were involved in agriculture.

• 90

• 80

• 70

• 60

• 50

For cottage workers, "holy Monday" or "Saint Monday" was

• payday.

• the delivery day for raw materials.

• a day spent in church.

• the due date for the previous week's work.

• a day of relaxation.

Which of the following individuals was well-known for popularizing the use of turnips to keep soil fertile during the British Agricultural Revolution?

• James Watt

• James Hargreaves

• Jethro Tull

• Charles Townshend

• William Gladstone