Question

How were the causes of the Bengal Famine of 1770 and Irish Potato Famine similar?(1 point)
Responses

An outbreak of smallpox devastated farming communities.
An outbreak of smallpox devastated farming communities.

The EIC forced the growing of cash crops instead of foodstuffs.
The EIC forced the growing of cash crops instead of foodstuffs.

Land use policies forced on poor farmers placed them at greater risk for famine.
Land use policies forced on poor farmers placed them at greater risk for famine.

Both famines were the result of plant disease that caused crop failures.

Answer 1

Land use policies forced on poor farmers placed them at greater risk for famine.

Both famines were worsened by policies and economic arrangements (land revenue demands, tenancy/landlord systems, commercialization/market pressures) that made poor farmers vulnerable to crop failures.