Changes in the European Diet, with More Variety and Better

question 21

Multiple Choice

Changes in the European diet, with more variety and better nutrition

• A) resulted in part from improved agricultural technologies in Eastern Europe.
• B) led to the end of serfdom in Western Europe.
• C) provided a chance for the poor to lessen their dependence on the potato as a food crop.
• D) was aided by growing serfdom in Eastern Europe that provided extra grain for the western areas.
• E) led to more heart disease.

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Outgroup Members

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