Plague 9R

How did the plague impact Europe?

• People started to question the church
• 1/3 of the population died
• It contributed to the decline of feudalism
• All are correct

How did the Bubonic Plague spread?

• Bad water
• Fleas on rats
• Looking at people
• Alignment of the stars

Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Black Death?

• Population Decreased
• Jews were persecuted
• People lived longer lives
• Religion began to change

^{There was no cure for the Black Death & it was highly ____________ (likely to spread to others).}

• Ravaging 
• Contagious 
• Influential 
• Potent

^{Where did the Black Death technically start?}

• Asia
• Northern Europe 
• Australia 
• Northern Africa

What was the primary religion of Europeans when the plague struck?

• Roman Catholic
• Protestant
• Jewish
• both a & b

Where did the Black Plague first enter Europe?

• Through port cities first because of trade routes.

• The Black Death took several centuries to spread throughout Europe.

• The Black Death spread from Europe to Asia in 1854.

• The Black Death did not affect northern Europe the most.

Because of the Black Death —

• people entered into feudal agreements for protection.

• Africa became the most powerful continent.

• people lost faith in the Church.

• all monarchs of Europe and Asia died.

What was a result of the Black Death of the fourteenth century?

• African populations destroyed from disease

• African culture destroyed from forced slave captures

• war in western Europe

• dramatic shortages of laborers and people throughout Europe

How did life change for surviving peasants and serfs after the plague?

• they began to demand pay for their labor

• they all moved from towns to the country

• they now had to work much longer days

• they rioted and took over the manors