(i) Growth of urban population. (ii) Export market became bigger. (iii) Spread of railways made it easy to transport the grain from the wheat growing regions to the eastern coast for export.
(i) Growth of urban population.
(ii) Export market became bigger.
(iii) Spread of railways made it easy to transport the grain from the wheat growing regions to the eastern coast for export.
How were unwilling cultivators made to produce opium? Give one reason.
The cultivators were given loan,/money advances to produce opium.
The cultivators were given loan,/money advances to produce opium.
See lessState one reason why the Indian cultivators were not willing to grow opium.
As the cultivators had no land, they had to pay rent and lease land from the landlords but the rent was very high.
As the cultivators had no land, they had to pay rent and lease land from the landlords but the rent was very high.
See lessWhich were the features of the Triangular trade?
(i) The British traders took opium from India to China and tea from China to England. (ii) From England, manufactured goods flowed into India.
(i) The British traders took opium from India to China and tea from China to England.
See less(ii) From England, manufactured goods flowed into India.
In the early nineteenth century which were two major commercial crops in Indian?
Indigo and Opium.
Indigo and Opium.
See lessWhat lesson the Americans learnt from the events of dust storms?
The Americans realized that they had to respect the ecological conditions of each region.
The Americans realized that they had to respect the ecological conditions of each
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What were the effects of the dust storms in the 1930s in the southern plains?
The skies darkened, and the dust swept in, people were blinded and choked. Cattle were suffocated to death, their lungs caked with dust and mud.
The skies darkened, and the dust swept in, people were blinded and choked. Cattle
See lesswere suffocated to death, their lungs caked with dust and mud.
Who invented mechanical reaper? What was its use?
Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper which could cut in one day as much as five men could cut with cradles and 16 men with sickles.
Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper which could cut in one day as
See lessmuch as five men could cut with cradles and 16 men with sickles.
From the late nineteenth century, what were the reasons for a dramatic expansion of wheat production in the USA?
(i) Growth of urban population. (ii) Export market became bigger. (iii) Spread of railways made it easy to transport the grain from the wheat growing regions to the eastern coast for export.
(i) Growth of urban population.
See less(ii) Export market became bigger.
(iii) Spread of railways made it easy to transport the grain from the wheat growing regions to the eastern coast for export.
What was the importance of the great plains?
It was a major wheat-producing area of America.
It was a major wheat-producing area of America.
See lessWhat was the main effect of modern agriculture on the richer farmers in England ?
The richer farmers expanded grain production, sold this in the world market, made profit and became powerful.
The richer farmers expanded grain production, sold this in the world market, made profit and became powerful.
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