Impacts of the Black Death 2

What percentage of Europe’s population died from the plague?

• 10%

• 20%

• 33%

• 50%

The plague weakened the feudal system. How did the poor get powerful?

• By gaining wealth

• By bargaining for freedom

• By forming unions

• By migrating

Why did many people in Europe get angry with the Jews and treat them violently?

• They were wealthy

• They were immune

• They were blamed for the plague

• They were outsiders

The plague spread by ships that traveled along Afro-Eurasian trade routes. Fill in the blank: These routes were crucial for ______.

• Trade

• War

• Exploration

• Agriculture

Extreme illness prevented people from working and earning ____.

• wages

• food

• shelter

• education

Trade networks in Eurasia start to ____.

• expand

• close down

• flourish

• diversify

People could have more luxury items instead of just the things they ____.

• want

• need

• desire

• create

What trade networked connected Asia to Europe and North Africa and was a major part of the spread of the Black Death?

• The Great Road

• The Silk Road

• The Golden Road

• The Spice Road

How did the Black Death spread across Europe?

• Through contaminated water sources

• Via fleas on rats

• Through airborne particles

• By direct contact with the sick

What was the Black Death?

• A period of intense economic prosperity in Europe

• A series of wars in medieval Europe

• A devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague

• A term used to describe the dark ages