Middle School: 6th, 7th and 8th Grade - History - The Agricultural Revolution 1 Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

Before about 1750, farmers used what system?

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1-field system
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2-field system
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3-field system
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5-field system

Q.2.

One of the 3 fields was always left...what?

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Fallow
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Farrow
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Follow
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Furlow

Q.3.

Why was one field left fallow?

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For the Lord of the Manor to use
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To allow the soil to recover its goodness
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To give the children somewhere to play
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Villagers didn't have time to farm all three fields

Q.4.

Why did farmers need to produce more food?

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Appetites increased in the late 18th century
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Low yields meant a government fine
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They were in competition with each other
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To feed a rising population

Q.5.

What was one advantage of the old 3-field system?

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Animals could wander across the crops
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Paths were needed to separate the strips
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The land could be shared out easily
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Time was wasted walking between strips

Q.6.

By the early 1800s what had happened to the fields?

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The three fields had merged into one
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They had been burnt
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They had been enclosed
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They had been sold to the highest bidder

Q.7.

Who did not suffer as a result of enclosure?

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Landowners
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People who lived in the woods
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People who lived on common land
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Tenants with no legal rights

Q.8.

Acts of Parliament of which year made enclosure compulsory?

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1795
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1801
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1806
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1812

Q.9.

Why did clay and lime come to be used on the land?

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As fertilizer
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To build animal pens
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To clean farm tools
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To make the fields look more colorful

Q.10.

Which county gave its name to a 'Four-course crop rotation' system?

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Devon
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Kent
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Norfolk
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Somerset