Black Death

The Black Death is also known as the

• Black Lung Disease

• 100 year War

• Bubonic and Pneumonic Plague

• It is not known as anything

What were the possible symptoms of the Black Death?

• Fever and/or chills

• Having bubos (swelled lumps) on their necks, chest, and/or backs.

• Coughing up blood.

• Shaking/tremors

• All of the above.

True or False.

The main culprit of the spread of the Black Death was rats.

• True

• False- It was not the rats. It was the fleas in which the rats carried. The fleas carried the bacteria that caused the plague.

Which of the below was not a social change during the Black Plaque?

• Doctors (for treatments), lawyers (for last will) and priests (last rites) stopped visiting.

• People fled to the country causing the plaque to be spread to the farmers (peasants) which affected the animals and crops.

• People had good hygiene to try to stop the spread and end he disease.

• People lost their faith due to the belief that God was punishing them.

• People went into social isolation.

True or False.

Living conditions within the towns/cities helped to spread the Black Plague?

• False. They had good hygiene and their trash was burned.

• True. They did not have good hygiene, they dumped their trash and such in the street which caused rats to flourish and caused issues with the grass that was used as floor coverings.

The Black Plague caused all of the below except?

• A loss of labor for the farms, projects and other jobs.

• Trade to decrease.

• Lower prices for goods.

• Some to become wealthy.

• Better working conditions for those who survived.

_______ increased over times as there were less workers.

• Jobs

• Serfs

• Trades

• Wages

True or False.

The Black Plague caused Feudalism to slowly fall apart making way for a new social hierarchy and government rules.

• True

• False

The Black Death also known as bubonic or pneumonic plague originated in Canada.

• True

• False. It originated in South America.

• False. It originated in China.