Among the Major Elements Underlying the Social Crisis of the 1600s

Multiple Choice

Among the major elements underlying the social crisis of the 1600s was

A) a steep economic decline in the Mediterranean region as silver imports from Spanish colonies declined.
B) a "little ice age" in the latter half of the 1200s, cutting food production and leading to famine.
C) a sharp European population increase after 1635 cut per capita food availability by one-half.
D) the increased gold imports from Africa, which led to serious economic inflation.
E) the onset of the White Death, a variant of the bubonic plague.