The Black Plague in London

Fill in the Blank

Many people lived in ____________ unhealthy conditions.

Multiple Choice

The poor slept on ________ pallets with a log for a pillow.

• straw

• feather

• rice

• dirt

Multiple Choice

Surviving workers demanded ____________ wages.

• higher

• lower

• the same

• no

Multiple Choice

__________ limited apprenticeships and advancement.

• guilds

• kings

• lords

• no one

Multiple Choice

____________ or rising prices, occurred.

• inflation

• deflation

• concentration

• justification

Multiple Choice

__________ by peasants and city dwellers exploded.

• revolts

• jobs

• cars

• information

Fill in the Blank

The population went from ___ million to 2 million.

Fill in the Blank

The plague killed an estimated _________ people per year.

,

Multiple Choice

_______ land was turned into pastures for live stock.

• farming

• shopping

• leisure

• desert

Reorder

Put these events in order according to the reading.

• Living conditions were very bad in towns.

• Revolts were happening.

• The population went from 7 million to 2 million

• Food shortages

• The great fire of London occurred.

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5