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lracut11

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All of the following were true about the witchcraft craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries except
 
  a. it was exclusively a big-city phenomenon.
  b. most of those accused of being witches were female.
  c. the hysteria surrounding the accusations of witchcraft led to many witch trials.
  d. the unsettling nature of the times served to feed the frenzy over witchcraft allegations.
  e. the witchcraft hysteria was declining by the mid-1600s.

Question 2

Among the major elements underlying the social crises of the 1600s was
 
  a. that the Mediterranean area entered a steep economic decline as silver imports from Spanish colonies declined.
  b. a little ice age occurred 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. increased gold imports from Africa, which led to serious economic inflation.
  e. the onset of the White Death, a variant of the bubonic plague.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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