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The Black Plague

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What animal contributed the most to the spread the black plague?

a)

Birds

b)

Fleas and rats

c)

Fish

d)

Lions

2.

What kind of plague was the Black Death?

a)

Bubonic

b)

Septicemic

c)

Pneumonic

3.

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

a)

trade routes

b)

Crusades

c)

Mongol invasions

d)

Viking raids

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.
What job did this person have?
a)
Farmer
b)
Bishop
c)
Pope
d)
Doctor
7.

Why is it called the Black Plague?

a)

Because your eyesight would go black and you couldn't see anything

b)

Only black cats die from it

c)

People's skin and blood turned black

d)

Your head turns black as an effect

8.

Why was the Black Plague so deadly in the middle ages?

a)

The people didn't know how germs and bacteria worked

b)

They were living in unsanitary conditions

c)

Towns and cities in the middle ages were overcrowded and there was little room for social distancing

d)

All Answer Are Correct

9.

______________ were the first to get exposed to the disease because of the trade routes.

a)

Port cities

b)

Small towns

c)

Big towns

d)

The center of Europe

10.

The Black Plague spread from ________ to ________ Europe.

a)

South ; North

b)

North ; South

c)

North ; West

d)

South ; East

11.

About how much of Europe's total population died as a result of the Black Plague of the mid 1300s?

a)

1/5

b)

1/3

c)

1/10

d)

1/5