Question

During the Industrial Revolution, high population growth in Great Britain, combined with intensive use of raw materials from the environment, resulted in concerns about starvation and disease as the local population threatened to exceed the __________ of the local environment.

a.carrying capacity
b.agricultural capacity
c.medical capacity
d.ability to transport food and medicine

Answer 1

The Answer is B

Agricultural Capacity

Step-by-step explanation:

The industrial revolution had a great Effect on Britain. Many industry started and steam power become advance as well. Urbanization also increase but it also lead to cheap Agricultural labour which led to severe unemployment and rising poverty in many rural areas. So many people move to urban areas to find works and this lead to increase in population. Since majority of the population were not in the agricultural sector, there were low production of Agricultural products The living conditions of cities were also miserable and was overcrowded. Workers were paid low wages and the population were also increasing, this lead to low production of foods which was not enough for the growing Britain population