A) 20th century B) 19th century C) 18th century D) 17th century
A) James Smith B) Archibald Grant C) Patrick Bell D) John Cockburn
A) Sub-soil drainage plough B) Working reaping machine C) Ranch-style tractor D) Linen spinning wheel
A) John Cockburn B) Duke of Argyll C) James Smith D) Archibald Grant
A) Linen spinning B) Reaping machines C) Sheep farming D) Sub-soil drainage
A) Highland landscape B) Mountainous landscape C) Lowland landscape D) Volcanic landscape
A) Steep mountain peaks B) Rocky uplands C) Highland carselands D) Low-lying carselands
A) Financially broken B) Financially stable C) Debt-free D) Extremely wealthy
A) Canadian B) English C) Lowland D) Australian
A) John Cockburn and Archibald Grant B) The crofters of the Highlands C) Dukes of Argyll, Atholl, Buccleuch, and Sutherland D) Patrick Bell and James Smith
A) 1878 B) 1885 C) 1815 D) 1828
A) 1828 B) 1885 C) 1878 D) 1815
A) About one quarter B) Nearly all C) Nearly half D) A tiny fraction
A) Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars B) World War I C) The Clan Conflicts D) The Highland Wars
A) 1790–1815 B) 1828–1878 C) 1800–1850 D) 1750–1790
A) To pay taxes to the Scottish parliament B) To buy more fishing boats C) To maintain their position in London society D) To build new industrial centres
A) Labor rents B) Free rents C) Money rents D) Crop rents
A) Patriarchal relationship that historically sustained the clans B) Commercial trade agreements with England C) Industrial relationship with factory owners D) Political alliances with London society
A) Cereal crop production B) Sheep farming C) Fishing villages D) Linen manufacturing
A) Protection for estate owners B) Immunity from military service C) Legal protection for year-by-year tenants D) Rights to own London property
A) Only to local mountains B) Cities, England, Canada, America, or Australia C) Exclusively to Edinburgh and Glasgow D) Strictly to northern Scotland
A) Converted into castles B) Expanded significantly C) Turned into universities D) Dismantled
A) Patrick Bell B) Archibald Grant C) James Smith D) John Cockburn
A) James Smith B) Patrick Bell C) Archibald Grant D) John Cockburn
A) Ormiston B) Monymusk C) Glasgow D) Edinburgh
A) London B) Monymusk C) Ormiston D) Sydney
A) Glasgow, Edinburgh, or northern England B) Highland estates C) Coastal fishing towns in Australia D) Rural farming communities in Canada
A) Work as year-by-year tenants for landlords B) Serve in London society C) Engage in kelping and linen spinning D) Own and farm their own land
A) Crofters B) Farmhands C) Lairds D) Dukes
A) Year-by-year eviction notices B) Indefinite tenure C) Permanent land ownership D) No tenure at all
A) To establish purpose-built villages B) To breed sheep on a massive ranch scale C) To raise various crops and animals D) To build industrial factories
A) An important source of additional revenue for remaining families B) A type of reaping machine C) A system of money rents D) A method of ploughing subsoil
A) Reaping grain and building railways B) Landlord management and sheep shearing C) Spinning of linen and military service D) Political lobbying in London
A) Scottish Lowlands B) Orkney Islands C) Scottish Highlands D) Shetland Islands
A) Open-field manorial system B) Feudal strip system C) Enclosure system D) Runrig system
A) Late Middle Ages B) Early Roman period C) 19th century D) 17th century
A) Baile B) Fermetoun C) Rig D) Runrig
A) Husbandman B) Baile C) Cottar D) Fermetoun
A) By auctioning to the highest bidder B) By permanent inheritance C) By lot on a regular basis D) By government decree
A) What was produced locally B) International imports C) Highland cattle trade D) Lowland grain surpluses
A) Donkeys B) Oxen C) Mules D) Horses
A) Cottars B) Husbandmen C) Lesser landholders D) Free tenants
A) Husbandmen B) Tenant farmers C) Grassmen D) Cottars
A) 1750 B) 1600 C) 1801 D) 1695
A) 1739 B) 1723 C) 1750 D) 1707
A) 500 B) 300 C) 100 D) 1000
A) The Borders B) Central Scotland C) Ayrshire D) East Lothian
A) Sand B) Salt C) Clay D) Lime
A) Slash and burn B) Terrace farming C) Single-crop farming D) Crop rotation
A) 1755 B) 1707 C) 1723 D) 1739
A) Peasantry B) Gentry C) Landlords D) Nobility
A) Ayrshire B) The Borders C) East Lothian only D) The Lothians
A) Ayrshire B) The Borders C) East Lothian D) The Lothians
A) Central Scotland B) The Borders C) Ayrshire D) The Lothians |