Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were
A)shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family.
B)an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas.
C)rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities.
D)all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns.
E)All of these are correct.

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All of these options are correct. The fourteenth century in Europe was characterized by a series of negative economic and demographic changes that affected both rural and urban areas. Peasant land holdings were continually shrinking, leading to difficulties in supporting families, and excess population from rural areas led to large numbers of poor people in cities. Additionally, all available land was being farmed, including marginal lands, making agriculture even more vulnerable to weather patterns and other environmental factors.

Among the Adverse Economic and Population Changes in Fourteenth-Century Europe