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the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

Authored by John Carr

Social Studies

7th Grade

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the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following words best describes what the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague was?

A tribe that invaded Europe in the 1300s

An infection from eating spoiled food

A disease that killed nearly half the population of Europe

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Black Death Spread from Europe to Asia in 1437.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The plague was able to spread from Asia to Europe mainly due to:

Ships carrying infected rats and fleas

migration of wild animals across continents

airborne transmission over long distances

volcanic eruptions spreading disease through ash

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose two examples of how the plague spread among people in Europe?

Europeans caught the disease from bat bites

Filthy living conditions attracted rats and their fleas

Many people were eaten by the infected rats

Passed from persons through coughing, sneezing, etc.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

About how many Europeans died from the Plague?

250 million

500,000

Half the population

50,000,000

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7. The death from the Plague helped the lives of the peasants who lived by:

increasing their wages and opportunities due to labor shortages.

forcing them to move to cities for work.

making them pay higher taxes to the lords.

reducing their access to farmland.

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