AP European History : Agriculture

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for AP European History

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Example Questions

Example Question #21 : Agriculture

What caused an estimated one million people to die in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century?

Possible Answers:

A massive drought causing a lack of clean water.

A pneumonia epidemic.

A bloody invasion by the English.

None of these

A great famine caused by ruined potato harvests.

Correct answer:

A great famine caused by ruined potato harvests.

Explanation:

The Irish Potato Famine killed roughly one million people in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. The famine was brought on by potato blight, a disease which ruins potato crops.

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