Which events led to change in Europe and Asia during the late Middle Ages? Choose all answers that are correct.

1. Famine and plague spread death across Europe.

2. Merchants moved between Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, carrying both goods and new knowledge wherever they traveled.

3. Fewer people lived in cities or towns, so farm production increased.

4. Learning declined, strengthening feudalism.

5. Christians clashed with Muslims in long and devastating wars.