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C. Read the description of the graph. Fill in the
blanks with one of the phrases below.

Historian Gregory Clark looked at carpenters’ wages
between 1200 and 1500 and compared them with
the population at the time.

At the beginning of the 1200s, carpentry wages
were rising along with population, but in 1230,
they began to fall dramatically. As the population
was still rising steeply, it’s likely that there was
1 . The increase in population and D. Discuss possible reasons for the changes shown
decrease in wages continued until around 1300 in the graph.
when the population began to level off and fall. This
may have been because 2 . At this 3000
point, wages began to rise.
GDP per capita
However, there was a sharp drop in population
2500
in 1347 as a result of the Black Death. This was
accompanied 3 , perhaps because
people were spending all the money they had on
2000
food. However, within a few years, carpenters’ wages
began to increase, even as the population was still
falling. 4 and then began to level
out in around 1360, with some fluctuations. The 1500
population dipped in around 1400, but carpentry
wages soared again around 1440, perhaps
because 5 . It was only in about 1000
1445, however, that they surpassed the high wage
value of around 1240.

500
1300 1350 1400 1450 1500
a. the high population led to food shortages
England Holland Italy
b. construction workers were more in demand
as the golden age ourished E. Now, read the description of the graph
c. by a drop in wages for carpenters showing GDP per capita in Italy, Holland
and England between 1300 and 1500. Write
d. an excess of labour, leading to low wages
a description of the graph, giving possible
e. wages rose sharply at rst
explanations for the trends.

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