During a period of repeated global famines at the end of the nineteenth century,
a. global empire helped keep the death toll in India low through improved agricultural practices.
b. few Western countries were badly affected.
c. the American Midwest saw a large death toll because there was no organized relief.
d. China was largely unaffected because of strong relief measures by the government.
b
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