The Black Death

The Black Death

7.36 Describe the economic and social effects of the spread of the Black Death (i.e., Bubonic Plague) from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe, and its impact on the global population.

Multiple Choice

an especially widespread disease that can affect a whole country or the world

• pandemic

• bubonic

• plague

• bacterium

Multiple Choice

characterized by swollen, inflamed lymph nodes in the armpit or groin

• bacterium

• bubonic

• plague

• pandemic

Multiple Choice

a bacterial disease that is contagious

• bacterium

• bubonic

• plague

• pandemic

Multiple Choice

a very small organism that lives in air, earth, water, plants, and animals; often one that causes disease

• bacterium

• bubonic

• distraught

• pandemic

Multiple Choice

great destruction or damage

• plague

• devastation

• pandemic

• bubonic

Multiple Choice

conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal

• sanitation

• sanetation

• pandemic

• pandemick

Multiple Choice

deeply upset and agitated

• distraught

• distrought

• devastation

• devestation

Middle Ages Recap

-Rome falls

-Everyone leaves Rome and moves away from cities

-Charlemagne

-Vikings

-Everyone is scared of Vikings, so they hide behind city walls

-Serfs

Multiple Choice

An organism that transmits disease from one life form to another is called a __________ .

• Bacteria

• Vaccine

• Pestilence

Multiple Choice

The disease known as the "Black Death" is now called...

• Bubonic Plague

• pandemic

• Yellow Fever

Multiple Choice

Where did the bubonic plague begin?

• Europe

• Central Asia

• Africa

• America

Multiple Choice

A disease that spreads across several countries or continents over a short period of time while causing massive death is called a __________ .

• contagion

• blight

• pandemic

Multiple Choice

The Bubonic Plague was caused by an organism. Indicate the path it took as it traveled from one life form to another by numbering the life forms 1-4 with the beginning of the path being 1 and the end of the path being 4.

1. Bacterium

2. Human

3. Flea

4. Rat

• 1,2,3,4

• 1,3,4,2

• 3,4,1,2

• 3,1,4,2

Multiple Choice

THEY'RE BACK!!!!

Who helped spread the bubonic plague in the city of Koffa?

• Muslims

• Mongols

• Samurai

• Knights

Poll

What do you think the Mongols will do to spread the disease?

• Burn the bodies

• Dump the bodies

• Bury the Bodies

• Catapult the bodies into the city like a real Mongol!

Multiple Choice

In what general direction did the Bubonic Plague move as it spread across the world?

• east to west

• north to south

• south to north

• west to east

Open Ended

How do you think the lifestyle of people during the middle ages aided in the rapid spread of the bubonic plague?

Open Ended

What idea do you believe this image is trying to portray about the bubonic plague?