What Was the Most Prominent Cause for the Famine in the Early

question 10

Multiple Choice

What was the most prominent cause for the famine in the early fourteenth century?

• A) The Little Ice Age had a dramatic effect on climate and the length of the growing season.
• B) The population explosion left little resources for the poor.
• C) Plants brought in from trade with the East decimated the crop harvests in western Europe.
• D) Massive flooding drowned the crops in the fields of France.
• E) Piracy in the Mediterranean cut off food-supply ships.

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