In the longer term, the population losses associated with the Black Plague in Western Europe resulted in
a. better relations between rich landowners and poor workers, who all had to work together to survive.
b. an increase in the practice of serfdom as a way of dealing with the scarcity of labor.
c. greater employment opportunities for women, at least for a time.
d. a lessening of interest in technological innovation because so many skilled members of society had perished.
Ans: c. greater employment opportunities for women, at least for a time.
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