World Population Growth Quiz

Based on the graph to the left, what was similar about the causes of the increases in world population in the 1750s and 1930s?

• Advances in agricultural technology

• Increased birth rates

• Decreased mortality rates

• Industrial advancements

Other than an increase in population, identify an effect that a surplus of food might have on a society.

• Increased trade and economic growth

• Decreased birth rates

• Increased mortality rates

• Decline in technological advancements

When did the Agricultural Revolution begin?

• A) In the mid-1600s

• B) In the mid-1700s

• C) In the mid-1800s

• D) In the mid-1900s

Where did the Agricultural Revolution begin?

• A) France

• B) Germany

• C) Great Britain

• D) United States

What was one of the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?

• A) Decrease in population

• B) Increase in population

• C) Decrease in urbanization

• D) Increase in artisanal production

What did the Agricultural Revolution transform?

• A) The textile industry

• B) Traditional medieval agriculture

• C) Mining

• D) Education

What methods were used in the Agricultural Revolution to make farming more productive?

• A) Manual methods

• B) Traditional methods

• C) Mechanical methods

• D) Artisanal methods

What led to an increase in urbanization during the Agricultural Revolution?

• A) The decrease in population

• B) The migration of people from cities to farms

• C) The migration of people from farms to cities

• D) The decrease in agricultural production

What was the common land used for during the Middle Ages and up until the Agricultural Revolution?

• Building houses

• Farming and hunting by all peasants

• Trading goods

• Grazing animals only

What was the process of making common land into private land called?

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Enclosure

• Colonization