Gr6 UAE SS The Black Death Cause and Effect - Revision 4

Gr6 UAE SS The Black Death Cause and Effect - Revision 4

By Liz Anderson

Open Ended

Why do you think tha there needed to be vent holes in the face covering that the plague doctors wore?

Multiple Choice

Why did the plague doctors wear such silly face coverings?

• Because they did not want people to recognise them if they could not cure them

• They did not want to be known as doctors because they did not want to help people

• They thought that the mask would scare the disease away

Multiple Choice

Why did the doctors wear such large beaks?

• So that they could breathe

• So that they did not have to smell the awful smell of the plague

• So that they could talk properly

• So that they could open it to eat

Multiple Choice

What was inside the beak?

• Herbs to make the air smell nice

• Lunch

• Nothing

• Hidden medicines and money

Open Ended

Why do you think people used these types of cures? Think about whether they had access to a doctor or medicine.

Open Ended

Write down three things that happened as a consequence of the black death

Multiple Choice

What percentage of Europe was killed during the Black Death?

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

• 60%

Multiple Choice

What is 50% equal to?

• One third of the population

• One quarter of the population

• Half of the population

• One fifth of the population

Poll

How do historians know that the black death virus had actually been around before?

• They read diaries written by people

• The did DNA analysis on old bones and teeth

• They asked people

• They just guessed and said that it was that way

Multiple Choice

What did a lot of people in Europe have in the 14th century?

• Lots of food and money

• Lots of food

• No food

• Not much food and not a lot of money

Multiple Choice

After the black death what was the good consequence?

• There were no more rats at all

• There were less people

• Less people meant that there was more food for the ones that were left

Multiple Choice

What was the major biological impact of the black death?

• Since the weak were dead, only the strong people were left

• People did not ever get sick again from the virus

• People were weak and more died

Multiple Choice

What is a feudal system?

• Where there is a hierarchy

• When land is given to someone who works for the owner of that land

• When the king rules

• When there is a government

Multiple Choice

What was it that people started to hate after the black death?

• Food

• Rats

• Richer people

• Doctors