AP Human Geography / Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
5.4 The Second Agricultural Revolution
Notes
Came with the Industrial Revolution (1700s–1800s): new tools, crop rotation, mechanization and better transport increased food production and freed workers for factories.
Practice
The Second Agricultural Revolution was linked to:
Mechanization.
A result of the Second Agricultural Revolution:
Farm labor freed up.
The seed drill and crop rotation increased:
Better yields.
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