A Key Economic Consequence of the Plague Was

question 39

Multiple Choice

A key economic consequence of the plague was

• A)the rapid expansion of European civic banking to rebuild industry.
• B)a decline in manorialism and weakening of feudalism as noble landlords desperate for cash converted peasant labor service to market rents, freeing their serfs.
• C)the more frequent bankruptcy of monarchs as they emptied their treasuries trying to provide poor relief.
• D)the very slow enrichment of middling peasant laborers who began to dominate rural communities.
• E)a long-term trend to abandon cities for the more secure rural environment.

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Definitions:

π MO

Pi molecular orbitals are formed by the overlap of p orbitals that are oriented parallel to each other, playing a key role in the bonding of molecules with conjugated systems.

1,3-Butadiene

A basic conjugated diene having the chemical structure C4H6, utilized as a monomer for synthesizing synthetic rubber.

Stepwise Mechanism

A reaction mechanism in chemistry that occurs through multiple discrete steps, each with its own transition state and intermediates.

Reaction

A sequence where substances engage and yield new entities with unique properties.