Scottish Agricultural Revolution - Quiz
A) 17th century B) 20th century C) 18th century D) 19th century
A) James Smith B) John Cockburn C) Patrick Bell D) Archibald Grant
A) Ranch-style tractor B) Working reaping machine C) Sub-soil drainage plough D) Linen spinning wheel
A) Duke of Argyll B) Archibald Grant C) James Smith D) John Cockburn
A) Reaping machines B) Sheep farming C) Sub-soil drainage D) Linen spinning
A) Volcanic landscape B) Lowland landscape C) Mountainous landscape D) Highland landscape
A) Low-lying carselands B) Highland carselands C) Steep mountain peaks D) Rocky uplands
A) Financially broken B) Debt-free C) Financially stable D) Extremely wealthy
A) Canadian B) Australian C) Lowland D) English
A) Patrick Bell and James Smith B) Dukes of Argyll, Atholl, Buccleuch, and Sutherland C) The crofters of the Highlands D) John Cockburn and Archibald Grant
A) 1885 B) 1878 C) 1815 D) 1828
A) 1828 B) 1815 C) 1878 D) 1885
A) A tiny fraction B) Nearly all C) About one quarter D) Nearly half
A) The Highland Wars B) The Clan Conflicts C) Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars D) World War I
A) 1828–1878 B) 1750–1790 C) 1800–1850 D) 1790–1815
A) To build new industrial centres B) To pay taxes to the Scottish parliament C) To buy more fishing boats D) To maintain their position in London society
A) Free rents B) Crop rents C) Money rents D) Labor rents
A) Industrial relationship with factory owners B) Political alliances with London society C) Patriarchal relationship that historically sustained the clans D) Commercial trade agreements with England
A) Linen manufacturing B) Cereal crop production C) Sheep farming D) Fishing villages
A) Protection for estate owners B) Immunity from military service C) Legal protection for year-by-year tenants D) Rights to own London property
A) Only to local mountains B) Strictly to northern Scotland C) Exclusively to Edinburgh and Glasgow D) Cities, England, Canada, America, or Australia
A) Dismantled B) Expanded significantly C) Converted into castles D) Turned into universities
A) Archibald Grant B) John Cockburn C) Patrick Bell D) James Smith
A) Archibald Grant B) Patrick Bell C) James Smith D) John Cockburn
A) Edinburgh B) Glasgow C) Monymusk D) Ormiston
A) London B) Ormiston C) Sydney D) Monymusk
A) Rural farming communities in Canada B) Glasgow, Edinburgh, or northern England C) Coastal fishing towns in Australia D) Highland estates
A) Serve in London society B) Work as year-by-year tenants for landlords C) Own and farm their own land D) Engage in kelping and linen spinning
A) Lairds B) Farmhands C) Dukes D) Crofters
A) Permanent land ownership B) Year-by-year eviction notices C) No tenure at all D) Indefinite tenure
A) To raise various crops and animals B) To breed sheep on a massive ranch scale C) To build industrial factories D) To establish purpose-built villages
A) A method of ploughing subsoil B) A system of money rents C) An important source of additional revenue for remaining families D) A type of reaping machine
A) Spinning of linen and military service B) Political lobbying in London C) Reaping grain and building railways D) Landlord management and sheep shearing
A) Scottish Lowlands B) Shetland Islands C) Scottish Highlands D) Orkney Islands
A) Runrig system B) Enclosure system C) Feudal strip system D) Open-field manorial system
A) 17th century B) Early Roman period C) Late Middle Ages D) 19th century
A) Runrig B) Rig C) Fermetoun D) Baile
A) Baile B) Husbandman C) Fermetoun D) Cottar
A) By lot on a regular basis B) By government decree C) By auctioning to the highest bidder D) By permanent inheritance
A) What was produced locally B) Highland cattle trade C) Lowland grain surpluses D) International imports
A) Horses B) Mules C) Donkeys D) Oxen
A) Cottars B) Lesser landholders C) Husbandmen D) Free tenants
A) Husbandmen B) Tenant farmers C) Cottars D) Grassmen
A) 1600 B) 1801 C) 1695 D) 1750
A) 1750 B) 1707 C) 1723 D) 1739
A) 300 B) 100 C) 1000 D) 500
A) East Lothian B) Ayrshire C) The Borders D) Central Scotland
A) Clay B) Lime C) Salt D) Sand
A) Single-crop farming B) Terrace farming C) Crop rotation D) Slash and burn
A) 1739 B) 1707 C) 1755 D) 1723
A) Gentry B) Landlords C) Peasantry D) Nobility
A) The Lothians B) The Borders C) East Lothian only D) Ayrshire
A) East Lothian B) Ayrshire C) The Borders D) The Lothians
A) The Borders B) The Lothians C) Ayrshire D) Central Scotland |
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