How did the plague affect the Feudal economy of Europe?

Labor shortages ended feudalism, serfs and peasants demand higher pay

Feudalism ended because all peasants died

After the plague, how was the standard of life affected?

It increased due to higher wages

It increased due to new luxury items

It decreased because of increased wages

It decreased due to decreased wages

How did education change because of the plague?

Education became more important, more schools were built

Education remained only for nobles and clergy

Education decreased because of labor shortages

All schools were closed due to fears that the plague would spread again

How did the plague affect the lives of women in Europe?

Women had more opportunities to own/run businesses

Fewer living laborers gave women the opportunity to find more jobs in cities

Women have more choice in who and when to marry

Because people became frustrated with the failures of superstition and religion regarding the plague, more emphasis was directed towards...

Medicine based on physical science, need for higher education

Greater belief in religion, more people attend church regularaly

Bigger/nicer churches and more monasteries

More farming because of a focus on food production

What effect did the plague have on trade?

Trade decreased because of lack of production, and fear of travel/spread of the disease

Trade increased because more deaths led to lower production of food and products

Trade increased because people were more willing to travel from city to city

Trade decreased because cities & villages had surpluses of what they needed

Which is true regarding the price of goods of farmers and merchants during the plague?

Prices decreased because their were less people to buy goods (lower demand)

Prices decreased because there were too many people and not enough crops

Prices increased because farmers and merchants could charge whatever they wanted due to the chaos

Prices increased because nobles were demanding higher profits

What conclusion about the effects of the black death can be drawn from this map?

It was most severe in Europe, but was also found in North Africa and Asia.

It did not spread beyond Europe.

It affected only crowded, urban areas.

It spread rapidly throughout the Russian states.

Which development led to the shortages of labor in 14th-century Europe and in 16th- and 17th-century North and South America?

outbreak of the black death and smallpox

The map shows that the Black Death

affected most areas of western Europe

began in England and Ireland and then spread eastward

spread slowly over several decades

The information shown on this map suggests that the black death spread to Europe as a result of contact with

explorers returning from the Americas

Based on this map, what is a valid conclusion about the black death?

People of North Africa, Europe, and Asia were affected by the disease.

Japan was the first place it occurred.

The highest casualty rates occurred in Mogadishu and Foochow.

The outbreak spread primarily from the west to the east.

Which action is linked to the spread of the black death to Europe during the 14th century?

exploration of the Western Hemisphere

What was a direct result of the black death in Europe?

A shortage of workers developed.

The rate of urbanization increased.

Food crops had to be imported from the Americas.

German states dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean.

Which claim is best supported by this map?

The black death was more deadly in Europe than in Asia due to infections in denser population areas.

The black death was intentionally introduced to Europe by traders.

The black death spread more quickly along sea trade routes than land trade routes

Asia and Europe were the only continents affected by the black death.

Which statement about the bubonic plague in the 14th century is most accurate?

The death toll from the plague led to labor shortages.

Improved sanitation systems eliminated the threat of the plague.

Advances in medicine halted the spread of the plague.

Trade between Europe and Asia stopped just before the plague began.

The population trend from 1350 to 1450 is most likely the result of the

spread of the bubonic plague in England

development of trade with the Americas

raids by Vikings on coastal cities

defeat of the Spanish Armada by England

Base your answer on the passage below. . . . Trade along the Silk Road enriched China in many ways. The Chinese sent silk, herbal medicines, ceramics, and other local products westward by caravan, and received exotic things in return. From Persia (modern-day Iran) and the Middle East, they received new kinds of musical instruments, and musicians to play them, as well as gold and silver cups, bowls, and vases. From India they imported cotton cloth. From Byzantium ( the eastern capital of the Roman Empire, today the city of Istanbul in Turkey) came glassware and jewelry. Chinese merchants also traded some of these imported goods eastward to Korea and Japan .... Source: Des Forges and Major, The Asian World: 600-1500 Which development most closely parallels the trade of goods described in this passage?

creation of the Great Wall of China

Base your answer on the passage below. . . . Trade along the Silk Road enriched China in many ways. The Chinese sent silk, herbal medicines, ceramics, and other local products westward by caravan, and received exotic things in return. From Persia (modern-day Iran) and the Middle East, they received new kinds of musical instruments, and musicians to play them, as well as gold and silver cups, bowls, and vases. From India they imported cotton cloth. From Byzantium (the eastern capital of the Roman Empire, today the city of Istanbul in Turkey) came glassware and jewelry. Chinese merchants also traded some of these imported goods eastward to Korea and Japan .... -Des Forges and Major, The Asian World: 600-1500 Which development most closely parallels the trade of goods described in this passage?

creation of the Great Wall of China

Base your answer on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. . .The impact of the pandemic on Christian Europe is fairly well known since the black death has been the subject of considerable scholarly attention. This interest has led to a misconception of the black death as primarily a European phenomenon. Regrettably, the black death in the Orient has not attracted a comparable interest, but this neglect should not be interpreted as an indication of its lack of historical significance. The famous fourteenth-century Muslim historian, Ibn Khaldun, who lost his parents and a number of his teachers during the black death in Tunis, recognized the import of the pandemic for Islamic civilization: . . . — Michael W. Dols, Viator (adapted) Which statement expresses the author's argument regarding misconceptions related to the black death?

Historical study has focused more on one region rather than on others.

Primary sources have been difficult to find.

Testimonies about the black death are unreliable.

The causes of the black death are not understood by historians.

In the 1340s, the black death spread to Europe as a result of

the explorations of Vasco da Gama

A historian could best use this map to study which of the following?

impacts of the black death in Europe

unintended consequences of trade

Which claim is best supported by this map?

The black death was more deadly in Europe than in Asia due to infections in denser population areas.

The black death was intentionally introduced to Europe by traders.

The black death spread more quickly along sea trade routes than land trade routes.

Asia and Europe were the only continents affected by the black death.

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1 min • 1 pt

Which of these introduced the plague to Europe?

Trade routes

Fleas on rats

Biological Warfare

All of these

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The plague is thought to have started here

Australia

Asia

Africa

Europe

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the plague first spread to humans?

Miasma (bad air)

Dirty Water

Cat bites

Fleas on rats

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did medieval doctors cure the plague

Bloodletting & leeches

Vaccinations

There was no cure

Antiobiotics

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is another name for the Black Death?

Bubonic Plague

Smallpox

Pneumonia

Chicken Pox

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Grave Digger

Plague doctor

Catholic Priest

Nursery rhyme writer

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B1 - The Black Death

Which of these introduced the plague to Europe?

The plague is thought to have started here

How did the plague first spread to humans?

How did medieval doctors cure the plague

What is another name for the Black Death?

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

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

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

The plague spread from _ to , and then to __.

How did the plague affect the Feudal economy of Europe?

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B1 - The Black Death

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How did the plague first spread to humans?

How did medieval doctors cure the plague

What is another name for the Black Death?

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

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

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