the work and methods of growing crops and looking after animals that are then used for food

if farmland is left fallow, it is not planted with any crops

land which is suitable and used for growing crops

the practice of turning land owned by a group of people into fenced off land owned by a single person

a substance that you put on land in order to make plants grow well

The Agricultural Revolution

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The development of new technologies will help to contextualise Britain's self-confidence and the expansion of the Empire (Y9). This knowledge will also form a critical basis for pupils' appreciation of the importance of trade and industry, which they will continually re-visit over the remainder of the curriculum.

Pupils have looked at the changing nature of the lives of ordinary people across both the medieval and early modern periods in the earlier half of the curriculum 

The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?

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Write the missing word. When farmland is not used to plant crops it can be described as...

landlords fenced off fields and farmed on a larger scale

areas like the Fens had some of the water pumped out

the plants grown on each field were changed each year

manure was used to add more nutrients to the soil

Match each method of agricultural improvement with its correct description.

Write the missing word. Crop rotation also helped farmers to produce more manure to use as {{}} on their fields.

Which revolution do many historians argue was only possible because of the Agricultural Revolution?

Which methods of agricultural improvement were most likely to encourage people to move away from the areas they had lived in previously?

more food was produced to provide for people

new jobs were available to increase wealth

new technology was created to improve lives

Why was the population able to increase so much after the Agricultural Revolution?

The year 1700 is part of the {{}} century.

What type of work is agriculture often associated with?

What type of work is industry often associated with?

Which group made up the majority of England's population in the 17th century?

Write the missing word. A short period which involves major changes is often referred to as a...

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

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