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The Black Death

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much of Europe's population died as a result of the Black Death?

a)

78%

b)

50%

c)

Half

d)

Two Thirds

2.

What are the three types of the plague?

a)

Grangrenous

b)

Pneumonic

c)

Septicemic

d)

Bubonic

3.

Historians believe the plague likely originated in

a)

Mongolia

b)

Alexandria

c)

China

d)

London

4.

The scientific cause of the plague was

a)

Yersinia Pestia

b)

the plague virus

c)

rats and fleas infected with the plague bacteria

d)

faeces

5.

An effect of the Black Death was

a)

the Church becoming more powerful

b)

higher wages

c)

the collapse of the feudal system

d)

cheaper food

6.

Which of these was NOT a cause of the plague according to medieval people?

a)

Miasma/bad odours

b)

An earthquake

c)

Rats

d)

Alignment of the stars and planets

7.

Select the three jobs created by the city of London to help clean up the filthy streets

a)

Muck rakers

b)

Bin men

c)

Gong farmers

d)

Surveyors of the pavement

8.

The Church supported the flagellants

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The largest and least powerful group in the feudal system were the

a)

Knights

b)

Bishops

c)

Peasants

d)

King

10.

The Pneumonic plague infected a persons _____ and could be spread by _____

a)

Lymph nodes, rats

b)

Lungs, clothing

c)

Lymph nodes, touch

d)

Lungs, coughing

11.

75% of the population of Florence died of the plague

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Historians believe that the plague travelled on ships and transport along major trade routes

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Europe was the only continent affected by the plague

a)

True

b)

False