WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The invention of the iron plow led to ____
A
more tilled land, more food, to an increase in population
B
more manual labor, and they become more exhausted
C
more farmers, thus less land per farmer
D
more land, less food, and a decrease in the population
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A brief history of the plough Over 4, 000 years ago, the basic hand-held tool soon developed into simple scratch tools. These primitive ploughs were usually pulled by oxen. Using animals enabled farmers to till the land faster and more easily, which produced more food for their families.

Detailed explanation-2: -He forged the blade into a plow and the plow forged a farming revolution. As the Anthropocene epoch arose, the reshaping of the Earth’s surface has largely taken place, one furrow at a time, behind plows.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Newbold and David Peacock The first real inventor of the practical plow was Charles Newbold of Burlington County, New Jersey; he received a patent for a cast-iron plow in June of 1797.

Detailed explanation-4: -Convinced that a plow with a highly polished surface would shed the sticky soil as it moved through the field, Deere made a plow using steel from a broken sawblade.

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