Is "the Dark Ages" an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages? Why or why not?

yes

Explanation:

because in the middle ages it was describes as the "dark ages" because of poverty and not enough food/ supplies

Yes

Explanation:

The term dark ages referred to having limited information about this time period at the time. Historians gave it a bad name by saying people who were living in this time were living miserable without innovation even though that's not what the term really meant.