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WorksheetsThe Black Death
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
How much of Europe's population died as a result of the Black Death?
78%
50%
Half
Two Thirds
What are the three types of the plague?
Grangrenous
Pneumonic
Septicemic
Bubonic
Historians believe the plague likely originated in
Mongolia
Alexandria
China
London
The scientific cause of the plague was
Yersinia Pestia
the plague virus
rats and fleas infected with the plague bacteria
faeces
An effect of the Black Death was
the Church becoming more powerful
higher wages
the collapse of the feudal system
cheaper food
Which of these was NOT a cause of the plague according to medieval people?
Miasma/bad odours
An earthquake
Rats
Alignment of the stars and planets
Select the three jobs created by the city of London to help clean up the filthy streets
Muck rakers
Bin men
Gong farmers
Surveyors of the pavement
The Church supported the flagellants
True
False
The largest and least powerful group in the feudal system were the
Knights
Bishops
Peasants
King
The Pneumonic plague infected a persons _____ and could be spread by _____
Lymph nodes, rats
Lungs, clothing
Lymph nodes, touch
Lungs, coughing
75% of the population of Florence died of the plague
True
False
Historians believe that the plague travelled on ships and transport along major trade routes
True
False
Europe was the only continent affected by the plague
True
False
