AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 5.4 Flashcards

The seventeenth- to early-nineteenth-century transformation of British agriculture through enclosure, crop rotation, selective breeding, improved planting, and mechanization, which increased food output and supported population growth, industrialization, and urbanization

The consolidation of scattered strips and common lands into larger privately controlled farms, enabling more efficient commercial farming while displacing some rural residents

The planned sequence of different crops on the same land to maintain soil fertility, reduce fallow land, and increase output

A horse-drawn planting device that placed and covered seeds in evenly spaced rows at regular depths, reducing waste and improving germination and labor efficiency

Controlling the reproduction of animals with desired traits so those traits become more common, increasing livestock productivity and predictability

The growing use of improved plows, horse-drawn equipment, threshing machines, and other machinery to cultivate and process more food with fewer workers