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History: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Agricultural Revolution 1 (Questions)

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New farming techniques and ideas were introduced into Britain during the 18th century creating a 'revolution'.

Test your History knowledge of both the old and new methods with this quiz on the Agricultural Revolution.

1. Before about 1750, farmers used what system?
[ ] 1-field system
[ ] 2-field system
[ ] 3-field system
[ ] 5-field system
2. One of the 3 fields was always left...what?
[ ] Fallow
[ ] Farrow
[ ] Follow
[ ] Furlow
3. Why was one field left fallow?
[ ] For the Lord of the Manor to use
[ ] To allow the soil to recover its goodness
[ ] To give the children somewhere to play
[ ] Villagers didn't have time to farm all three fields
4. Why did farmers need to produce more food?
[ ] Appetites increased in the late 18th century
[ ] Low yields meant a government fine
[ ] They were in competition with each other
[ ] To feed a rising population
5. What was one advantage of the old 3-field system?
[ ] Animals could wander across the crops
[ ] Paths were needed to separate the strips
[ ] The land could be shared out easily
[ ] Time was wasted walking between strips
6. By the early 1800s what had happened to the fields?
[ ] The three fields had merged into one
[ ] They had been burnt
[ ] They had been enclosed
[ ] They had been sold to the highest bidder
7. Who did not suffer as a result of enclosure?
[ ] Landowners
[ ] People who lived in the woods
[ ] People who lived on common land
[ ] Tenants with no legal rights
8. Acts of Parliament of which year made enclosure compulsory?
[ ] 1795
[ ] 1801
[ ] 1806
[ ] 1812
9. Why did clay and lime come to be used on the land?
[ ] As fertilizer
[ ] To build animal pens
[ ] To clean farm tools
[ ] To make the fields look more colorful
10. Which county gave its name to a 'Four-course crop rotation' system?
[ ] Devon
[ ] Kent
[ ] Norfolk
[ ] Somerset
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History: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Agricultural Revolution 1 (Answers)
1. Before about 1750, farmers used what system?
[ ] 1-field system
[ ] 2-field system
[x] 3-field system
[ ] 5-field system
Each field was divided into narrow strips
2. One of the 3 fields was always left...what?
[x] Fallow
[ ] Farrow
[ ] Follow
[ ] Furlow
Meaning it was left empty - very wasteful!
3. Why was one field left fallow?
[ ] For the Lord of the Manor to use
[x] To allow the soil to recover its goodness
[ ] To give the children somewhere to play
[ ] Villagers didn't have time to farm all three fields
Animals grazed on the fallow field to manure the soil
4. Why did farmers need to produce more food?
[ ] Appetites increased in the late 18th century
[ ] Low yields meant a government fine
[ ] They were in competition with each other
[x] To feed a rising population
5. What was one advantage of the old 3-field system?
[ ] Animals could wander across the crops
[ ] Paths were needed to separate the strips
[x] The land could be shared out easily
[ ] Time was wasted walking between strips
The paths wasted land
6. By the early 1800s what had happened to the fields?
[ ] The three fields had merged into one
[ ] They had been burnt
[x] They had been enclosed
[ ] They had been sold to the highest bidder
7. Who did not suffer as a result of enclosure?
[x] Landowners
[ ] People who lived in the woods
[ ] People who lived on common land
[ ] Tenants with no legal rights
Common land and woods were swallowed up in the enclosures
8. Acts of Parliament of which year made enclosure compulsory?
[ ] 1795
[x] 1801
[ ] 1806
[ ] 1812
They were called the General Enclosure Acts
9. Why did clay and lime come to be used on the land?
[x] As fertilizer
[ ] To build animal pens
[ ] To clean farm tools
[ ] To make the fields look more colorful
10. Which county gave its name to a 'Four-course crop rotation' system?
[ ] Devon
[ ] Kent
[x] Norfolk
[ ] Somerset