Investigation 6.2: The Bubonic Plague

Multiple Choice

How would the Bubonic Plague spread to people?

• Fleas traveling on rabbits

• Fleas traveling on rats

• People licking rats

Multiple Choice

Why was the spread of the Bubonic Plague particularly bad in Europe?

• No one knew how to actually treat the disease

• There was something in the DNA of Europeans that made it easier to spread

• Plague doctors were not treating everyone

Open Ended

Checkpoint 1: Analyze the image attached and answer the question: Identify where the Bubonic Plague originated and how it spread to Europe based on the map below.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a treatment that doctors used to treat the plague?

• People would carry things that smelled nice because they believed the disease was spread by bad odors

• Doctors would practice bloodletting, releasing blood from the body to balance the 'bodily humors'

• People would leave their dead family members in their home because they believed death scared away the disease

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST explains what happened to Christianity due to the Bubonic Plague?

• Everyone became more religious, as it was common for people to pray for protection or health

• Everyone gave up their religion, wondering how any god could allow this disease to occur

• Some people leaned more into their faith, some people abandoned their faith

Multiple Choice

Checkpoint 2: Analyze the image attached and answer the question: Which of the following best describes what the graph on the right illustrates?

• The average life expectancy in Europe decreased from 35 years old to 17 years old between 1276 and 1375

• The average number of people living in European cities decreased from 35 thousand to 17 thousand between 1276 to 1375

• The average life expectancy in Europe increased shortly after the Bubonic Plague pandemic was over.

Multiple Choice

Checkpoint 3: Approximately how much of the population of Europe died due to the Bubonic Plague in the 1300s?

• About 10% of the population

• About 50% of the population

• About 25% of the population

Multiple Choice

Why did some European art get so bizarre during this time period?

• The Bubonic Plague messed with people's understanding of reality, leading to rabbits fighting humans

• The weird art served as reminder that death was always right around the corner

• Fewer people learned to read, so visual stories became more common

Multiple Choice

How did some serfs benefit from the conditions created by the Bubonic Plague?

• Landlords felt more generous because of imminent death, so they paid serfs and peasants more

• Labor shortages meant that serfs and peasants were paid more money,

• Peasants were paid less money because landlords had less money

Open Ended

Checkpoint 4: Based on the attached cartoon and explanation from source 6, explain what a labor shortage is in your own words.

Open Ended

Checkpoint 5: Read the primary source in the attached image and answer the following question: What was it like for people to live during the Bubonic Plague?

Multiple Choice

What was the term used to describe the rebirth of Europe after the Bubonic Plague?

• Renaissance
• Resistance

• Rejuvenation

Open Ended

Debrief: What term refers to rebirth? Why was the time period after the Bubonic Plague known as this?

Try this sentence starter:

The term that means rebirth is…

This time period is known as this because…