The Black Death Quiz

Where did the Black Death originate?

• Asia
• Europe
• America
• Constantinople

When did the Black Death arrive in Europe?

• 1200
• 1532
• 1347
• 1776

An estimated ____ of Europe's population died due to the plague.

• 1/4
• 2/3
• 1/3
• 80%

Which lyric is associated with the "bad air" and stench of death during the plague outbreaks?

• "Ring around the rosy"
• "Pocket full of posies"
• "Ashes, ashes"
• "We all fall down"

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

• bureaucracies
• militarism
• feudalism
• Catholicism

How did medieval doctors cure the plague

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

What is another name for the Black Death?

• Bubonic Plague
• Smallpox
• Pneumonia
• Chicken Pox

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

• Grave Digger
• Plague doctor
• Catholic Priest
• Nursery rhyme writer

The plague spread from _______ to ________, and then to ________.

• Cats, fleas, humans
• Rats, fleas, humans
• Fleas, birds, humans
• Humans, fleas, cats

The social institution that was most damaged in the public's mind because of the plague was

• the government
• the schools
• the markets
• the church