UNITS 3 AND 6 (2º EXAMEN). 1ºst session

CONTENTS: UNIT 3 PAGES 44-48.
1. England was pioneer in defying absolutism, and also in another thing. Which is it?
Demographic revolution
2. Population grew faster in England. What was the general increase in Europe between 1750 and 1850? SEE CHARTS P. 46.

3. Which were the factors for this growth?

4. In Geography we call this the Demographic Transition. Can you explain it?

Agrarian revolution
5. Why were land owners interested in growing more crops?

6. How was this achieved?

7. Granting full privaty property to landowners let them modernise their farms and at the same time ended two important traditions. Which?

8. Which were the three technical innovations?

9. What is the real advantage derived from the Norfolk system?

10. Name specific examples of the practical advantages of mechanization. SEE IMGS P. 47

11. Machines substituted craftsmen. This increased productivity or yield. What was its economic effect?

12. How were machines firstly powered?

13. What came to be the symbol of the Industrial Revolution?

14. All of this brought a new kind of work organization. Explain it.