The Black Death

Which of these introduced the plague to Europe?

• Trade routes
• Fleas on rats
• Biological Warfare
• All of these

The plague is thought to have started here

• Australia
• Asia
• Africa
• Europe

How did the plague first spread to humans?

• Miasma (bad air)
• Dirty Water
• Cat bites
• Fleas on rats

How did medieval doctors cure the plague

• Bloodletting & leeches
• Vaccinations
• There was no cure
• Antiobiotics

What is another name for the Black Death?

• Bubonic Plague
• Smallpox
• Pneumonia
• Chicken Pox

What happened to most people who were infected with the plague?

• Nothing because they got a plague shot
• Their hair fell out, but then they got better
• All of their skin turned black, but then they got better
• They got covered in swollen blisters (bubose) and died

This picture represents a person who had what job during the plague?

• Grave Digger
• Plague doctor
• Catholic Priest
• Nursery rhyme writer

Some symptoms of the plague included high fevers and red-ringed swellings of the 

• Eyes
• Heart
• Lungs
• Lymph glands

The plague spread from _______ to ________, and then to ________.

• Cats, fleas, humans
• Rats, fleas, humans
• Fleas, birds, humans
• Humans, fleas, cats

How did the plague affect the Feudal economy of Europe?

• Feudalism remained unchanged
• Feudalism was made stronger
• Labor shortages ended feudalism, serfs and peasants demand higher pay
• Feudalism ended because all peasants died