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The Black Plague 1348.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the correct spelling of the physician to Pope Clement Vl

a)

Guy de Chaulliac

b)

Guy de Chauliac

c)

Gey de Chauliac

d)

Guy de shealiac

2.

What year did the Black Plague reach Europe?

a)

1648

b)

1446

c)

1348

d)

1346

3.

Who was the leader of the peasant revolt?

a)

Jonathan Beesley

b)

Wat Tyler

c)

Tyler Watt

d)

Dave Shaw

4.

What year did the Protestant Reformation begin?

a)

1348

b)

1517

c)

1381

d)

1509

5.

Who was the pope at the time of the Black Plague?

a)

Pope Clement lll

b)

Pope John Paul ll

c)

Pope Clement Vl

d)

Pope Clement X

6.

Who began the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Wat Tyler

b)

Giovanni Boccaccio

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Martin Luther

7.

Name five consequences of the Black Plague?

a)

Persecution of the Jews, End of the Feudal system, Famine and starvation, the Flagellation movement, the emergence of Donald Trump

b)

Persecution of the Jews, End of the Feudal system, Famine and starvation, the Flagellation movement, the growth of macabre art.

c)

Persecution of the Jews, End of the Feudal system, Famine and starvation, the Flagellation movement, the bombing of Hiroshima.

d)

Persecution of the Jews, End of the Feudal system, Famine and starvation, the Flagellation movement, the beginning of high rise apartment living.

8.

What was the major religion in Europe during medieval times?

a)

The Jesus Christ church of the latter day saints

b)

The Roman Catholic Church

c)

The Seventh Day Adventist Church

d)

The Jehovah Witness church

9.

What name describes the type of society in medieval times?

a)

Tic Tok

b)

Tribal society

c)

Feudal Society

d)

Benevolent society

10.

What is the name of the bacteria that causes the plague?

a)

Yersinia Pestis

b)

Eusinia Pestis

c)

staphylococus Aureas

d)

usinia pestis

11.

What were five causes of the Black Plague?

a)

Rats, Fleas, Standards of living, Trade routes, over-population.

b)

Rats, Fleas, Standards of living, Trade routes, brush tail possums.

c)

Rats, poisoned carrots, Standards of living, Trade routes, over-population

d)

Rats, Fleas, Standards of living, Donald trump, over-population

12.

Name two cities the flagellation movement began in?

a)

Perugia Italy

b)

Paris France

c)

Freiburg Germany

d)

Avignon France

13.

Why is it called the Black Plague?

a)

Only white animals die from it

b)

Only black cats die from it

c)

Peoples blood goes black from internal bleeding

d)

Your head turns black as an effect

14.
Where did the Black Plague first entered Europe?
a)
Through port cities first because of trade routes.
b)
The Black Death took several centuries to spread throughout Europe.
c)
The Black Death spread from Europe to Asia in 1854.
d)
The Black Death did not affect northern Europe the most.
15.

What year did a Papal Bull denouncing the Flagellation movement get issued?

a)

1350

b)

1385

c)

1349

d)

1094

16.

What city in France did over 2000 Jewish people get burned to death as it was believed they were responsible for the Plague?

a)

Strasbourg

b)

Venice

c)

Paris

d)

London

17.

Who was the English King during the Peasants revolt?

a)

King Richard the Lion Heart

b)

King Richard lll

c)

King Richard ll

d)

King Richard l

18.

What year and in what English manor did 55 peasants go on strike?

a)

Falsham Manor 1355

b)

Fosters Manor 1355

c)

Lancaster Manor 1487

d)

Walsham Manor 1355

19.

Name two ports in Italy where the Black Plague came ashore?

a)

Messina and Venice

b)

Rome and Naples

c)

Milan and Florence

d)

Pompeii and Herculaneum

20.

What Italian poet and writer documented the effect of the Plague on people and society?

a)

Silvio Berlusconi

b)

Giorgio Armani

c)

Giovanni Boccaccio

d)

Alphonse Capone