Question

Which of these were challenges in England during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? Select 3 options.

labor shortages
the Black Death
class inequality
world wars
unemployment

Answer 1

- Labor shortages — yes. Population decline from earlier plagues and later demographic changes caused chronic labor shortages and wage pressures.
- Class inequality — yes. Sharp social divisions, tensions over land, enclosure and rising rents were major issues.
- Unemployment — yes. Enclosure, changing agriculture and periodic economic dislocation produced vagrancy and joblessness.

Not selected: the Black Death (the main epidemic was in the mid-14th century, though there were later outbreaks) and world wars (20th‑century events).