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Elementary School: 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade
History
The Agricultural Revolution 1
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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
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