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Quizizz - Black Plague

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the black death spread?
a)
fleas and rats
b)
beds and coats
c)
air and skin
d)
dogs and cats
2.
What job did this person have?
a)
Farmer
b)
Bishop
c)
Pope
d)
Doctor
3.

There was no cure for the Black Death & it was highly ____________ (likely to spread to others).

a)

Ravaging

b)

Contagious

c)

Influential

d)

Potent

4.

Because of the Black Death —

a)

people entered into feudal agreements for protection.

b)

Africa became the most powerful continent.

c)

people lost faith in the Church.

d)

all monarchs of Europe and Asia died.

5.

What was a result of the Black Death of the fourteenth century?

a)

African populations destroyed from disease

b)

African culture destroyed from forced slave captures

c)

war in western Europe

d)

dramatic shortages of laborers and people throughout Europe

6.

Which of the following best explains why the Black Death spread so quickly throughout Europe?

a)

doctors ran out of vaccinations for the plague

b)

doctors ran out of antibiotics for the plague

c)

doctors had little knowledge of how to cure the disease

d)

doctors were too sick themselves to help others suffering

7.

How long did it take to die from the Black Death?

a)

days

b)

weeks

c)

months

d)

years

8.

Which class was affected the most by the plague?

a)

Peasants

b)

Nobles

c)

Priests

d)

Merchants

e)

Every Class

9.

Buboes

a)

People who whipped themselves for forgiveness

b)

A type of plague

c)

'Doctors' of the Black Death

d)

Large bulges that appear on the skin of a victim

10.
The plague spread from _______ to ________, and then to ________.
a)
Cats, fleas, humans
b)
Rats, fleas, humans
c)
Fleas, birds, humans
d)
Humans, fleas, cats
11.

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

12.
What is another name for the Bubonic Plague?
a)
Bubonic Illiness
b)
Black Spots
c)
Black Blood
d)
Black Death
13.
Which of the following did not carry the Bubonic Plague?
a)
Fleas
b)
Flies
c)
Rats
d)
Humans
14.

The Black Plague was thought to be brought to Western Europe through the —

a)

trade routes

b)

Crusades

c)

Mongol invasions

d)

Viking raids

15.

What was a theory Europeans thought why the Black Plague hit the continent?

a)

Punishment from God

b)

Bad Alignment with the Planets

c)

Jews Spread the Disease

d)

All of the Above

e)

None of the Above