History GCSE
Demographic changes
What Demographic changes means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Demographic changes
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Population growth from roughly three million to four million, which increased demand for food and drove up prices.
Topics that use Demographic changes
- Option B4: Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88 - 2 The ‘problem’ of the poor (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Agricultural transformation
- Deserving poor
- Economic hardship
- Able-bodied unemployed
- Undeserving poor
- Vagabonds
Using Demographic changes in the exam
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