Agriculture Flashcards
1
Q
What crops did they mainly grow?
A
Wheat, Barley, and oats
2
Q
What form of agriculture did they practice? Explain.
A
Crop rotation
This meant that they would grow different crops each year, and keep one fallow(empty) field. This would help them make the most of their fields before they died.
3
Q
What was so important for farming in the Middle Ages, and where was it kept?
A
Sheep Manure, it was kept in the nobles grounds.
4
Q
What was a sport was only limited to the wealthy?
A
Hunting
5
Q
Who owned fishing rights?
A
The lord.
6
Q
What would happen if a lower class citizen was caught hunting?
A
Punishment.
7
Q
If you were illegally caught hunting, what were you called?
A
A poacher.
8
Q
What were two agricultural inventions?
A
Heavy plow and horseshoes.
