4.1 Agricultural Revolution

What was the Enclosure Movement?

• The process of making common land into private land

• The process of dividing private land into larger plots

• The process of making private land into common land

• The process of dividing common land into smaller plots

What happened to the peasants after the Enclosure Movement?

• They continued to farm and graze animals on the enclosed land

• They protested against the Enclosure Movement

• They moved to nearby urban areas and got jobs in factories

• They bought the enclosed land from the new owners

What was the innovation of Jethro Tull?

• A machine that drilled holes for seed planting

• A machine that harvested crops automatically

• A machine that separated grain from chaff

• A machine that plowed fields more efficiently

What were the effects of Jethro Tull's seed drill?

• Increased crop yields and increased labor requirements

• Decreased crop yields and decreased labor requirements

• Increased crop yields and decreased labor requirements

• Decreased crop yields and increased labor requirements

What was the innovation of the Four Crop Rotation System?

• Growing three different crops in rotation

• Growing four different crops in rotation

• Using legumes and cover crops to replenish soil nutrients

• Leaving one field fallow every year

How was 'common land' used before the Agricultural Revolution?

• For festivals and parties

• for animal grazing, farming, or hunting

• for individual ownership of land

• for factories

What often happened to the seeds planted before the seed drill?

• They grew into plentiful harvests

• They were destroyed in flooding

• They were eaten by birds

• Farmers dug the holes by hand

What does 'fallow' mean?

• Open

• Foreign

• Resistance

• Empty

What was an outcome of the Four-Crop Rotation?

• People became lazy and less likely to become farmers

• Diets became less diverse

• Food was produced for humans and animals at a faster rate

• Governments took food away from farms to feed people in the city

This image is representative of which innovation during the Agricultural Revolution?

• Tull's Seed Drill

• Increased Factory Production

• Enclosure Acts

• Crop Rotation