The main cause of early fourteenth-century famines was
a. a blight that struck the wheat crop
b. a lack of knowledge of scientific agriculture
c. the droughts throughout most of Europe
d. a little ice age that induced bad weather with heavy rains
e. the urban pollution that spread into nearby farming regions
d
You might also like to view...
When Columbus and his crew sighted land, they had been at sea for
a) a little over a week. b) a little over a month. c) a little over three months. d) a little over six months. e) for almost a year.
What event made General Douglas MacArthur a national hero?
A) his valiant defense of Korea against Chinese forces B) his decisive victory in the war against North Korea C) his declaration in favor of a nuclear assault against China D) his decision to try to reunify Korea E) his daring landing at the port of Inchon
The Battle of Gettysburg
A. saw Union General George Meade lose nearly a third of his army. B. saw Robert E. Lee poised for victory after his attack on Cemetery Ridge. C. saw Union General George Meade clearly be more aggressive than Robert E. Lee. D. represented the last time Confederate forces seriously threatened Union territory. E. was a Union victory, thanks to Meade having found a copy of Lee's orders.
The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with
A. the League of Nations. B. restructuring Germany's war debt. C. Japanese aggression toward China. D. naval armament limitations. E. the civil war in Russia.