Industrial Revolution Start

The village life for a peasant revolved around which of the following?

• Trade

• Church

• Travel

• Education

Fill in the blank: The blockade by Napoleon forced England to produce more food, which required ______ techniques.

• Traditional

• Improved

• Imported

• Basic

Fill in the blank: Fields were divided into small strips, and all livestock grazed in ______ pastures.

• Private

• Common

• Enclosed

• Rotational

What was the main effect of the Enclosure Movement on farming village common lands?

• They were shared among villagers

• They were reorganized and claimed as private property by landlords

• They were left unused

• They were sold to foreign investors.

What was one positive result of crop rotation?

• Depletion of soil

• Scientific farming

• Decrease in crop yields

• Increase in land prices.

In the 1700s, which two new crops came from the New World?

• Wheat and barley

• Rice and beans

• Maize and potatoes

• Oats and rye

Maize and potatoes could be grown almost anywhere, even in soil that was too wet or sandy to grow other crops.

• True

• False

More food availability during the Agricultural Revolution led to what demographic change?

• Decrease in population

• Increase in population

• No change in population

• Population migration

Wool was so profitable that common fields were converted into ________ areas.

• Residential

• Grazing

• Industrial

• Commercial

What role did merchants play between buyers and sellers?

• They acted as coordinators

• They were producers

• They were consumers

• They were regulators.