Question

How does a subsistence crisis typically unfold?

• A. Food scarcity
• B. Rising food prices
• C. Riots for food
• D. Increasing death
• E. Bad harvest

Answer 1

• A severe winter had meant a bad harvest.
• Bad harvest and increase in population led to the food scarcity and heavy demand for food grains.
• The price of bread rose due to the heavy demand.
• People stormed into the shops and created riots for food.
• The food scarcity and the riots made the people starve and increased the death rate.