Y7 Consequences of the Black Death

How many Poll Taxes did Richard II demand?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What three planets alignments did people blame for the Black Death?

• Mars, Saturn, Jupiter

• Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter

• Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter

• Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter

What law was meant to stop wages rising?

• The Cloth Act

• The Statue of Wages

• The Statute of Labourers

• The Stamp Act

How did the government make money out of the wool trade?

• A tax on each sheep

• A tax on each shepherd

• A tax on the export of wool

• A tax on each leg a sheep had

What is an example of luxury goods bought by Medieval wool merchants?

• Mirrors

• Potatoes

• Chimneys

• Wallpaper

What is a miasma?

• Having too much blood

• A bad smell that causes illness

• The mark a rat's bite left

• A spell to cure the plague

What is a Poll Tax?

• A tax on tents

• A tax on supports which held up peasant houses

• A tax on each person

• A tax on Eastern European Merchants

What is a Wool Church?

• A church made out of wool

• A church paid for out of the profits of the wool trade

• A church paid for by shepherds

• A church made out of mud and wool mixture

Which is an example of a wool church?

• St Oswald's Crowle

• St Oswald's Luddington

• Holy Trinity, Long Melford

• Norwich Cathedral

Which is an example of a town which grew in the 15th century as a result of the wool trade?

• Cheltenham

• Manchester

• Crowle

• Lavenham