the famine

In 1840 The British government in Ireland was represented by:

(Two of the following)

• Lord Lieutenant

• Lord Viceroy

• Chief Secretary

• Ambassador General

What were cottiers?

• Small farmers who rented conacres from farmers

• Rich Landlords

• Irish politicians

• British representatives

In 1841 Ireland had a population of

• 6.8 million

• 2 million

• 8.2 million

• 4.5 million

What is a blight?

• a new way to travel

• plant disease caused by a fungus

• a person from another land

• plant food

Who owned most of the land in Ireland during this time?

• Landlords

• Tenant farmers

• Cottiers

• Peasants

Who invented the Mechanical Reaper?

• Jethro Tull

• Cyrus McCormIck

• Paul Gifford

• Anthony Roswell

Jethro Tull invented a machine for planting seeds in a straight line

• The Seed Fill

• The Seed Straightener

• The Seed Drill

• The Seed Quill

What is selective breeding?

• Breeding the best traits of two animals together to get more meat in their offspring

• Breeding only the richest animals together

• Not breeding animals during the Spring

• Not breeding animals in wet weather

A field would be allowed to go fallow (unused) in the Norfolk crop rotation method.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The field would be used to grow turnips as these did not need many nutrients to grow

Who invented the Norfolk or four-field crop rotation method?

• Robert Bakewell

• Charles 'Turnip' Townshend

• Errol Flynn

• Maria Arnold