AP World History: Modern › Agriculture 1750 to 1900
The significant increase in population that occurred in Japan during the Edo period can be most closely attributed to which of the following?
Technological improvements in cultivation, especially rice, taking place during a period of stable government rule.
Extensive trade with China and importation of New World crops.
Large-scale emigration of the Japanese population to Korea, which freed up more land for cultivation
Government incentive programs designed to reward families that produced large numbers of children.
The development of extensive terrance farming in mountainous regions.
During the Edo period, technological developments that allowed for higher rice yields allowed for population growth. Additionally, the lack of warfare as a result of Tokugawa control of the whole country prevented large-scale death as a result of war.
A shortage of what key crop led to a great famine in Ireland in the mid-1800s?
Potatoes
Wheat
Apples
Tobacco
Cabbage
The Irish Potato Famine had significant repercussions in the 19th century. It drove millions of Irish immigrants to America in search of prosperity, and created the deep-seated bitterness to England (for not providing support) that would cause violent tension for the next century.