Question

which type of sentence is this? after a potato blight destroyed irelands potato crop and precipitated the great famine of 1845, the country lost twenty - five percent of its population to starvation and emigration. simple compound complex compound - complex

Explanation:

A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The given sentence has an independent clause ("the country lost twenty-five percent of its population to starvation and emigration") and a dependent adverbial clause ("After a potato blight destroyed Ireland's potato crop and precipitated the Great Famine of 1845") that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

Answer:

complex