Pop + Agg

Question 1

England’s population in 1600 was ~__ million → peaked at __ million in the 1650s → fell to __ million in 1660.

Answer 1

4 → 5.2 → 3.9

Question 2

By 1700 __% of England’s population lived in towns >10000 people (up from 5.8% in 1660).

Answer 2

13.3

Question 3

L________ grew from 200000 (1600) to 575000 (1700)dominated by migrants (____ net/year mid-17C).

Answer 3

London → 60000

Question 4

S________’s population stagnated (~1m)& but E________ grew from 10&000 to 40&000 (1600–1700).

Answer 4

Scotland → Edinburgh

Question 5

I________’s population doubled from 1m (1660) to 2m (1688) with D________ reaching 300000 by 1700.

Answer 5

Ireland → Dublin

Question 6

Life expectancy fell from __ years (1600) to __ years (1676)& with __% of children dying before age 10.

Answer 6

36 → 29 → 25–30

Question 7

The G________ P________ of 1665 killed 70000 in London (__% of its population).

Answer 7

Great Plague → 15

Question 8

The “L________ I________ A________” (1634–1715) caused hotter summers (d________) and colder winters (t________).

Answer 8

Little Ice Age → dysentery → typhus

Question 9

The English Civil War caused 180&000 deaths (__% of population)& while Scotland lost __% and Ireland __%.

Answer 9

3.6 → 8 → 10

Question 10

Real wages fell __% in the early 17C due to rising food prices and stagnant wages.

Answer 10

50

Question 11

Post-1650s& the A________ R________ (e.g.& Norfolk rotation) boosted productivity.

Answer 11

Agricultural Revolution

Question 12

L________ wages rose __% annually in the late 17C.

Answer 12

London → 5

Question 13

By 1630 marriage age rose to __ (men) and __ (women)& with __% of women unmarried in the 1650s.

Answer 13

28 → 26 → 22

Question 14

I________ had younger marriages (avg. 22–23) and higher f________& doubling its population.

Answer 14

Ireland → fertility

Question 15

D________ weavers made up 35% of N________’s population (late 16C).

Answer 15

Dutch → Norwich

Question 16

H________ (50000) fled to London after 1685 due to persecution in France.

Answer 16

Huguenots

Question 17

__% of 17C English emigrants were young men& skewing marriage rates.

Answer 17

75–95

Question 18

S________ lost 100000 emigrants (25000 in the 1650s).

Answer 18

Scotland

Question 19

The last major plague outbreak was in ____ (____ deaths in London).

Answer 19

1665 → 70000

Question 20

G________ diseases (typhoid/dysentery) peaked in the ____–____.

Answer 20

Gastric → 1670s–80s

Question 21

The N________ rotation (turnips& barley& clover& wheat) replaced fallow fields.

Answer 21

Norfolk

Question 22

V________ drained the Fens using D________ methods.

Answer 22

Vermuyden → Dutch

Question 23

The R________ S________ (est. 1661) promoted farming innovations.

Answer 23

Royal Society

Question 24

The T________ A________ of 1663 introduced toll roads.

Answer 24

Turnpike Act

Question 25

J________ O________ mapped 7&500 miles of road in 1675.

Answer 25

John Ogilby

Question 26

The economic paradox: Growth increased d________ but eventually raised w________.

Answer 26

disease → wages

Question 27

Post-1650s& m________ (disease) overtook s________ as the main mortality driver.

Answer 27

mortality → starvation