The Struggle to Survive

The population of France rose from about _________

• 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789.

• 25 million in 1715 to 32 million in 1795

• 20 million in 1715 to 25 million in 1795

• 19 million in 1715 to 25 million in 1795

Increase in population led to a rapid increase in the demand for _________.

• foodgrains

• commodities

• utilities

• rights

Production of grains could not keep pace with the _______.

Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand. So the price of bread which was the staple diet of the majority _________.

Most workers were employed as ____________ in workshops whose owner fixed their ________.

Did the wages keep pace with the rise in prices

• Yes

• No

Did the the gap between the poor and the rich widened.

• Yes

• No

Social and Economic conditions became worse whenever ________ educed the harvest.

• drought

• hail r

Rise in the price of wheat, led to a subsistence crisis, something that occurred frequently in France during the Old Regime.

• True

• False

Subsistence crisis –

• An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered

• is any event or period that will lead, or may lead, to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society

• a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

• reaching a high or the highest degree