Famine in a Bad Crop Year Was

question 44

Multiple Choice

Famine in a bad crop year was

• A) rare, due to adequate reserves of food.
• B) only the case when fallow land ran out.
• C) the general rule every fifty years or so.
• D) a frequent occurrence.
• E) unusual, but severe when it occurred.

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