The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

True or False - Merchants and traders played a role in the spread of the plague.

• True

• False

An effect of the Black Death was

• the Church becoming more powerful

• higher wages

• the collapse of the feudal system

• cheaper food

Historians believe that the plague travelled on ships and transport along major trade routes

• True

• False

Where did it originate?

• North Africa

• Central Asia

• The Americas

• Europe

In what year did the Black Death arrived in Europe?

• 1346

• 1457

• 1347

• 1348

Which of the following did the Black Death affect Europe?

• Art & Architecture

• Medieval knowledge & practice

• Population

• Feudalism ended

Unknowingly, traders brought ____________ carrying the disease to Mediterranean ports in 1347.

• rats
• people

Peasants and serfs who had survived the plague found their ________ in high demand.

• wages

• skills

Peasants and serfs could demand  ____________ for their labor.

• food
• wages

Ships carrying the plague probably came from the _________________ _______________, past Constantinople and through the Mediterranean.

• Black Sea
• Tiber River