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What role did crop rotation play in the Agricultural Revolution?

A
It enabled farmers to plant many new types of crops.
B
It allowed farmers to share crops with one another.
C
It introduced new machines to plant and harvest crops.
D
It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.
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agriculturemachinerytextilestransportation

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agriculture
B
machinery
C
textiles
D
transportation
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During the Agricultural Revolution, what was the main advantage of tenant farming rather than moving to the city for work?

A
Tenant farmers could use a skill they already had rather than starting over.
B
The future lay in farming instead of in the types of jobs people could find in cities.
C
Landowners gave tenant farmers large plots of land for their personal use.
D
Tenant farmers managed other workers but did not have to do manual labor.
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Which describes the connection between a mechanical loom and a cotton gin?

A
The gin was invented first to increase textile production, and then the loom produced more cotton.
B
The loom and the gin were invented at the same time to improve textile production.
C
The loom and the gin were invented at the same time to improve cotton production.
D
The loom was invented first to increase textile production, and then the gin produced more cotton.
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What is the most likely reason the steam locomotive was developed soon after the steamboat?

A
The locomotive was useful in transporting goods and people, unlike the steamboat.
B
The locomotive used the same technology as the steamboat.
C
The locomotive was practical only in England.
D
The steamboat used more efficient technology.
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James Watt played an important role in the Industrial Revolution by

A
developing a process to make textiles efficiently.
B
making steam engines a reliable power source.
C
inventing the steamboat to carry goods and people.
D
encouraging the growth of cottage industries.
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The cotton gin was invented by

A
Robert Fulton.
B
Henry Ford.
C
James Watt.
D
Eli Whitney.
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The excerpt is from The History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, by Edward Baines.A great number of streams . . . furnish water-power adequate to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise.

A
Water supplied power and a means of transportation.
B
Water helped people build hundreds of mills.
C
Water helped people trade goods with nations overseas.
D
Water enabled people to create raw materials.
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The purpose of a spinning jenny was to

A
increase the speed of textile production.
B
streamline the production of cotton.
C
produce more power to run machines.
D
improve the quality of soil on farms.
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Before the Agricultural Revolution, many people lived in rural areas because

A
they could grow food on small areas of land.
B
nearby farms produced plenty of food.
C
they could grow crops quickly and efficiently.
D
wealthy landowners gave them jobs on farms.

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