Black Death practice

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.

Which type of plague caused swollen lymph nodes?

• Bubonic

• Septicemic

• Pneumonic

Which is NOT a main symptom of the plague?

• lose teeth
• large boils
• spasms (shaking)
• vomitting

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.

Where did the Black Death originate?

• A country in Asia

• A country in Europe

• A state in America

• The country, Constantinople

Which of the following was NOT used in treating the plague/Black Death by medieval people? (HINT: think about what DIDN'T exist in the middle ages)

• Onions

• Figs

• Frogs

• Penicillin

A disease that spreads around the world is known as a ________. The Black Death was know as this.

• Epidemic

• Plague

• Pandemic

• Influenza

How was the Black Death originally spread?

• Soldiers on the battle field during the Crusades caught the germ from their attackers.

• Rats came on boats from overseas and bit humans.

• It was airborne, meaning it was spread through the air.

• Fleas on infected rats bit them and then jumped onto onto humans and bit them.

The plague/Black Death was carried by ______.

• mice

• fleas

• dogs and cats

• bad smell

Which type of the plague/type of the Black Death was the least common?

• Bubonic

• Pneumonic

• Septicemic