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The Agrarian Revolution Flashcards

1
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what is another name for the agrarian revolution?

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Agriculture

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what is revolution

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An historical event that results in dramatic change in a society or government

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what is the agrarian revolution

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The agrarian revolution are significant changes that occurred in agricultural practices

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what are the characteristics of a revolution

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Violent, sudden, peaceful, caused by and event or theory, there must be a need for things to change

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what are the types of revolution

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Social, Economic and Political

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what is the social revolution

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A revolution aiming to re-organize all of society

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what is an example of social revolution

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Civil rights movement, Black lives matter (BLM)

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what is economic revolution

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A major change in goods and services being marketed and produced

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9
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give an example of the economic revolution

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The industrial revolution and The agrarian/agriculture revolution

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what is the political revolution

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A change in government or leadership

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what is an example of the political revolution

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French revolution, Haitian revolution, American revolution and Cuban revolution

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where did the agrarian revolution belong

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in Britain

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when did the agrarian revolution occur

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in the mid 18th century to 19th century

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what were some causes of the agrarian revolution

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The enclosure movement and improved methods of farming

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15
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Who invented the seed drill

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Jethro Tull

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In what year was the seed drill invented

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In 1701

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what was the seed drill used for

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The seed drill was used for the mechanized planting of seeds

18
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what did Justus Von Liebig argued that…

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He argued that in order to prevent soil exhaustion and to get a better plant yield, the farmers should use fertilizers that helped to replace the last nutrients.

19
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what happened as a result of the enclosure movement

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Many tenants lost their livelihoods and were forced to move to towns

20
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what is the enclosure movement

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the revolutionary change in the pattern of land ownership

21
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how did farmers produce more meat

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farmers would select the best individuals to breed from in order to produce the biggest, healthiest offspring

22
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when did the Agrarian revolution occur

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from the mid 18th to 19th century

23
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what is SET

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Science
Entrepreneurship
Technology

24
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What did Dr. Thomas lecky produce

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he produced the famous red poll and jamaica hope breed of cows

25
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what crops were grown in the four - crop method

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Wheat
Fallow (Mulch)
Legumes (Beans)
Potatoes

26
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which person developed the method of crop rotaton

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Viscount Townshend

27
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who were the inventors of the selective breeding invention

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Robert Bakewell and Thomas Coke

28
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why was crop rotation practiced by farmers

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It was practiced so that no land have to remain fallow

29
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what is selective breeding

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Selective breeding involves choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics.

30
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who invented the rotherham plough

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Joseph Faljambe

31
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when was the rotherham plough invented

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In 1730

32
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who is a propagandis

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a person who worked to spread new ideas about farming techniques

33
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what was the rotherham plough used for

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the plough was developed to cut long soil slices and turn it upside down to bury the surface residue

34
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who was Arthur Young

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Arthur young was a propagandist for agricultural improvement

35
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how did farmers try to produce cows that will give more milk

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by doing stock breeding

36
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who was thomas coke

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A norfolk landowner who adapted and spread new agricultural methods on his farm in Norfolk

37
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what are the causes of the agrarian revolution

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The enclosure movement

38
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what were the positive effects of the agrarian revolution

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  1. Fertilizers helped in the greater yield and quality of the crops
  2. Machines made the work on estates easier
  3. Stock breeding was introduced
39
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what were the negative effects of the agrarian revolution

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  1. The price of land increased
  2. Many peasants and small farmers were forced to sell their small plot of large estate owners
40
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what were the effects of the agrarian revolution in the caribbean

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  1. The introduction of canning of foods enabled large portions of the population to have access to protein
  2. The sugar industry in the Caribbean benefited greatly from the agrarian revolution

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