Question

Before the Industrial Revolution, living standards in the world: A) were declining because of rapid increases in population. B) were relatively stagnant for long periods of time. C) were already rising significantly for many decades. D) are not known, for lack of reliable records from that period.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) were relatively stagnant for long periods of time.

Explanation:

Before the Industrial Revolution, living standards in the world were relatively stagnant for long periods of time.

Answer 2

Answer:

B) were relatively stagnant for long

periods of time.

Explanation:

At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700s, the world's population grew by about 57 percent to 700 million.