What factors led to population growth in Europe in the sixteenth century, and what does the geographic distribution of that growth reveal about the balance of power in Europe?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The shift from subsistence to commercial agriculture increased the food supply, thereby fueling population growth.
b. Epidemic disease no longer checked population growth as it had done in the fourteenth century.
c. Population growth was highest in northern Europe.
d. France experienced the greatest growth.
e. The demographic trends indicate a shift in the balance of power from the Mediterranean to northwestern Europe.
f. France would replace Spain as the dominant power in Europe.
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