Starter quiz
- The year 1700 is part of the ______ century.
- '18th' ✓
- What type of work is agriculture often associated with?
- factory work
- farm work ✓
- fashion work
- film work
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- What type of work is industry often associated with?
- factory work ✓
- farm work
- fashion work
- film work
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- Which group made up the majority of England's population in the 17th century?
- lords
- merchants
- peasants ✓
- priests
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- Write the missing word. A short period which involves major changes is often referred to as a...
- 'revolution' ✓
- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Reformation
- 2⇔English Civil War
- 3⇔French Revolution
- 4⇔World War One
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. When farmland is not used to plant crops it can be described as...
- 'fallow' ✓
- Match each method of agricultural improvement with its correct description.
- enclosure⇔landlords fenced off fields and farmed on a larger scale ✓
- drainage⇔areas like the Fens had some of the water pumped out ✓
- crop rotation⇔the plants grown on each field were changed each year ✓
- use of fertiliser⇔manure was used to add more nutrients to the soil ✓
- Write the missing word. Crop rotation also helped farmers to produce more manure to use as ______ on their fields.
- 'fertiliser' ✓
- Which revolution do many historians argue was only possible because of the Agricultural Revolution?
- French Revolution
- Glorious Revolution
- Haitian Revolution
- Industrial Revolution ✓
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- Which methods of agricultural improvement were most likely to encourage people to move away from the areas they had lived in previously?
- crop rotation
- drainage ✓
- enclosure ✓
- use of fertiliser
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- Why was the population able to increase so much after the Agricultural Revolution?
- more food was produced to provide for people ✓
- new jobs were available to increase wealth
- new technology was created to improve lives
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Key learning points
- Agriculture in England before 1700 was not very productive.
- Farmers and landowners developed more profitable farming techniques during the 18th century.
- The use of fertiliser and field drainage meant farmers could grow more crops.
- The Agricultural Revolution increased food production, encouraged migration and increased profits.
Common misconception
Students assume the Agricultural Revolution was predominantly facilitated by changes in technology.
Farming tech in common use didn't change much. Improvements in agriculture occurred mainly because of the use of new farming methods.
Keywords
Agriculture - the work and methods of growing crops and looking after animals that are then used for food
Fallow - if farmland is left fallow, it is not planted with any crops
Arable - land which is suitable and used for growing crops
Enclosure - the practice of turning land owned by a group of people into fenced off land owned by a single person
Fertiliser - a substance that you put on land in order to make plants grow well
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