The Black Death that devastated the human population of portions of Europe during the 1300s represents a
A) modest bacterial outbreak
B) pandemic
C) localized environment at carrying capacity
D) regional environment exceeding carrying capacity
E) viral epidemic

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The Black Death was a pandemic, meaning it was an outbreak of a disease that spread across multiple countries or continents and affected a large portion of the population. It is estimated that it killed between 75-200 million people, which would have been approximately 30-60% of Europe's population at the time. This makes it one of the deadliest epidemics in human history.

The Black Death That Devastated the Human Population of Portions