The Agricultural Revolution - REVIEW

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Which two sentences describe effects of the Agricultural Revolution in Britain?

• The central areas of major cities became poorer as the urban rich migrated to rural areas.

• The major industrial cities became overcrowded as workers from rural areas moved there.

• Urban businessmen purchased farms throughout the country and built mines and factories on them.

• As the ease of traveling across the country increased, the differences between rural and urban areas decreased.

• Because of the steady increase in food production, the population nearly doubled between 1800 and 1850.

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Which sentence best explains how the widespread application of steam power affected English agriculture in the first half of the nineteenth century?

• The use of steam-powered harvesting machines increased farm output.

• Agricultural produce could be marketed far from the areas where it was grown.

• The availability of inexpensive water pumps exhausted ground water resources in many areas.

• The migration of labor from rural to urban areas led to a decrease in agricultural output.

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How did changes in people’s living arrangements caused by the Agricultural Revolution influence the rise of industrialization in Britain?

• The availability of cheap labor made industrialists unwilling to invest in technology.

• The increase in the rural population encouraged manufacturers to move to rural areas.

• A large labor force that had left the villages was available for work in city factories.

• Surplus grains were used as raw materials in fertilizer factories.

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Read the following excerpt from the poem “The West Wind” by John Masefield:

It's a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine, Apple orchards blossom there, and the air's like wine. There is cool green grass there, where men may lie at rest, And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from the nest.

What two characteristics does this poem share with romantic works?

• an admiration for nature

• the depiction of extreme emotions

• a sense of longing for rural surroundings

• the use of rhyming verse

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Study this scene of a metal extraction furnace in western England during the early 1800s. Then answer the question that follows.

Which sentence best explains how this painting reflects the changes in England in the 1800s?

• It shows how important metal extraction was to the English economy after the Agricultural Revolution.

• It suggests that industrialists neglected metal extraction and didn’t consider it a profitable business.

• It suggests that as the economy industrialized, the work and home environments of laborers worsened.

• It shows how industrial production coexisted with traditional rural lifestyles and occupations.

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What was the effect of the invention of the cotton gin on the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

• The focus of economic activity in the South shifted from agriculture to industrial production.

• The South became more dependent on slavery, deepening the differences between the South and the North.

• Industrialists from the North migrated to the South in large numbers to set up textile mills and shipping firms.

• Large numbers of plantation workers in the South lost their jobs and moved north in search of jobs.

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Which major characteristic of romantic art of the nineteenth century does this painting share?

• the complete absence of humans

• a lack of implied motion

• an idealized view of nature

• the depiction of a sense of loss

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What were two beneficial effects of Jethro Tull's seed drill?

• It inserted nutrients directly into planted seeds.

• It increased the levels of nitrogen in the soil.

• It increased the survival rate of planted seeds.

• It helped avoid the overcrowding of crops.

• It decreased the time planted seeds needed to sprout.