(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.
(l) The poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests or graze their cattle on the commons. (ii) They could no longer collect apples or berries.
(l) The poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests or graze their cattle on the commons.
(ii) They could no longer collect apples or berries.
What is an ecosystem?
All the plants and animals in an area are interdependent and interrelated to each other in their physical environment, thus, forming an eonsystem.
All the plants and animals in an area are interdependent and interrelated to each
See lessother in their physical environment, thus, forming an eonsystem.
State 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.
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 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.
See lessGive one reason for buying the threshing machines by the farmers.
One reason for buying the threshing machines was the insolence of labourers, their drinking habits, and difficulty of making them work.
One reason for buying the threshing machines was the insolence of labourers, their
See lessdrinking habits, and difficulty of making them work.
State any two effects of the enclosures on the poor.
(l) The poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests or graze their cattle on the commons. (ii) They could no longer collect apples or berries.
(l) The poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests or graze their cattle on the commons.
See less(ii) They could no longer collect apples or berries.
What was the use of planting turnip and clover by the peasants in England?
(i ) The planting of turnip and clover improved the soil and made it more fertile. (ii) Turnip was, moreover, a good fodder crop relished by cattle.
(i ) The planting of turnip and clover improved the soil and made it more fertile.
See less(ii) Turnip was, moreover, a good fodder crop relished by cattle.