Black Death

What is the actual name for the disease resulting in the "Black Death"?

• Ratititus

• xanthophobia

• Ebola

• Bubonic Plague

How did the Bubonic Plague spread?

• the water in their wells turned bad

• Fleas who had bitten rats carrying the plague bit humans

• Looking at people

• eating spoiled grain

• It was airborne

^{Where did the Black Death technically start?}

• Asia
• Northern Europe 
• Australia 
• Northern Africa

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

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

What effect did the plague have on trade?

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

Because the plague killed so much of Europe's population, it helped bring about the end of _________________.

• bureaucracies
• militarism
• feudalism
• Catholicism

How did the plague impact Europe?

• People started to question the church

• 1/3- 2/3 of the population died

• It contributed to the decline of feudalism

• All are correct

How did medieval doctors cure the plague

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

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

• Greater belief in religion, more people attend church regularaly
• Bigger/nicer churches and more monasteries
• More farming because of a focus on food production
• Medicine based on physical science, need for higher education