Unit 5: The Second Agricultural Revolution

Question 1

What is agriculture?

Answer 1

the deliberate modification of the Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance

Question 2

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

Answer 2

the first agricultural revolution, shift from hunters and gatherers to sedentary agricultural practices

Question 3

Where are the roots of the second agricultural revolution?

Answer 3

Great Britain

Question 4

What was the second agricultural revolution?

Answer 4

the mechanization and industrialization of agricultural

Question 5

What was the enclosure movement?

Answer 5

a movement of England which took agricultural land that was publicly owned by the community and privatized it. (countered the tragedy of the commons and increased food production)

Question 6

What are the effects of the second agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, and enclosure movement

Answer 6

-farms started producing a lot more food
-people started moving towards urban areas
-population boom
-diets increased (people started eating more)
-more trade
-greater food surplus
-leading to economic growth