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Worksheetsblack death
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the Black Death?
Virus
Strong Common Cold
Infectious Disease
Cut
What are symtpoms of the Black Death?
Fever
Chills
Vomitting
Buboes
Where did it come from?
Africa
North America
Europe
Central Asia
How did the Black Death get to Europe?
Car and train
Ship and Silk road
Mail and Air
Buggies and Mile runs
Why did the Bubonic Plague happen?
Dirty conditions
Jews & Lepers
Planets & Stars
Rotten meat
How did the Black Death spread?
Bacteria carried by fleas
Jews poisoning drinking water
Lepers open wounds
Position of planets
People didn't understand bacteria yet, so what or who did they blame for the Black Death?
Position of planets
Europeans
Jews
Fish in rivers
What was the plagues impact on the population?
Doubled the population
Killed 1/3rd of population
Did not do anything to population
Wiped out Central Asia
What was the shift in power?
From Monarchs to Knights
From Peasants to Monarchs
From Knights to Lords
From Lords to Peasants
How did the Bubonic Plague contibute to the decline of Feudalism?
Killed off everyone in the Feudal system
Gave more power to the clergy allowing them to gain more land and taxes
Desperate need for workers and now workers could demand more rights
Stopped all legal reforms which gave power back to its original owners
In what year did the Black Death pandemic begin?
1343
1354
1346
1338
People in Medieval Europe tried NOT to get the Black Death. Which of these did they NOT try?
posies (flowers) in pockets or masks
drinking a special potion
burning infected clothes
praying
True or False.
The Black Plague caused Feudalism to slowly fall apart making way for a new social hierarchy and government rules.
True
False
How was the Black Death originally spread?
Soldiers on the battle field during the Crusades caught the germ from their attackers.
Rats came on boats from overseas and bit humans.
It was airborne, meaning it was spread through the air.
Fleas on infected rats bit them and then jumped onto onto humans and bit them.
Who got the Black Death?
Old people
Rich People
Anyone
Nobody
