Agricultural and Industrial Revolution Quiz

What is the term for the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land?

• Crop rotation

• Domestication

• Yields

• Breeding

What was a significant consequence of the First Agricultural Revolution?

• Less domestication of animals

• More reliable food supply

• Increased death rates

• Decreased population

What was a major outcome of the enclosure movement during the Second Agricultural Revolution?

• Increased number of small farms

• Adoption of innovative agricultural practices

• Decrease in crop yields

• More common land for farming

Which of the following is a primary source?

• Magazine article

• Encyclopedia

• Letter from the war

• History book

What was one of the main reasons Britain was able to industrialize?

• Lack of natural resources

• Political instability

• Availability of labor

• Low population

What did the Second Agricultural Revolution improve?

• Farming tools

• All of the above

• Transportation of food

• Quality of livestock

What is a secondary source?

• A photograph

• An original document

• An interpretation of primary sources

• A firsthand account

What was one of the main benefits of crop rotation?

• Decreased crop yields

• More land needed

• Increased soil nutrients

• Less variety in crops

How do historians know what happened in history?

• They ask their ancestors.

• They analyze only secondary sources.

• They analyze many different primary sources

• They look at only one Primary Source

What was a consequence of the Second Agricultural Revolution

• Farmers migrated to other countries to farm.

• Farmers moved to cities to find work.

• More people became farmers.

• Climate change and desertification