Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which TWO changes followed the Black Death?
Choose two answers.
- ANew social classes appeared, including the gentryRight answer
- BPeople left the towns to live in the countryside
- CWorkers were scarce and peasants asked for higher wagesRight answer
- DFar more cereal crops had to be grown
Answer: New social classes appeared, including the gentry and Workers were scarce and peasants asked for higher wages
With fewer people, fewer cereal crops were needed and workers were scarce, so peasants pushed for better pay. New classes such as the gentry arose, and people moved from the countryside into towns.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "The Middle Ages". Practice question 71 of 651, written in our own words.