the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

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

• Mr. Carr’s 11th grade garage band

The Black Death Spread from Europe to Asia in 1437.

• True

• False

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

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.

About how many Europeans died from the Plague?

• 250 million

• 500,000

• Half the population

• 50,000,000

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.