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Black Death

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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 is the actual name for the Black Plague?

a)

Rodent Plague

b)

Black Misery

c)

My life is over Plague

d)

Bubonic Plague

3.

Which of the following terms accurately describes the Black Plague?

a)

Pandemic

b)

Epidemic

4.

How did the plague impact Europe?

a)

People started to question the church

b)

1/3 of the population died

c)

It contributed to the decline of feudalism

d)

All are correct

5.

Which of the following did not carry the Bubonic Plague?

a)

Fleas

b)

Flies

c)

Rats

d)

Humans

6.

What happened to most people who were infected with the plague?

a)

Nothing because they got a vaccine for the disease

b)

Their hair fell out, but then they got better

c)

All of their skin turned black, but then they got better

d)

They got covered in swollen blisters (buboes) and mostly died

7.

Some scientists think the plague arrived in Europe from which vehicle...

a)

Ships

b)

Airplanes

c)

Camel caravans

d)

Trains

8.

What was the name of the bacteria that spread the Black Plague?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Yersinia Pestis

c)

Blue Green Bacteria

d)

Athletes Foot

9.

How many days did it take a person to start showing symptoms of the Black Plague?

a)

Three days

b)

Zero days

c)

Seven Days

d)

Two Days

10.

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

11.
What job did this person have?
a)
Farmer
b)
Bishop
c)
Pope
d)
Doctor
12.

Where did the Black Plague first hit Europe?

a)

London

b)

Sicily

c)

Paris

d)

Moscow

13.

What originated from the Black Plague?

a)

Vaccine

b)

antibiotics

c)

quarantine

d)

masks

14.

What worsened the spread of the plague?

a)

Interactions with Native Americans

b)

Spread of Catholocism

c)

Thirty Years War

d)

Poor living conditions

15.

What country started the black plague?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Spain

c)

China

d)

France

16.

The plague followed this important trade route into Europe.

a)

Silk Road

b)

Spice Road

c)

Salt Road

d)

Trans-African Trade

17.

Where would the Buboes appear on the body?

a)

knees, armpits, groin

b)

armpits, groin, hair

c)

neck, armpits and groin

d)

neck, groin, feet

18.

Which answer is not a name for the Black Plague?

a)

The Black Death

b)

The Pneumonic Plague

c)

Pestilencia

d)

The Bubonic Plague

19.

The plague arrived in Europe in

a)

1312

b)

1347

c)

1348

d)

1358

20.

The Plague doctors put what in their masks?

a)

Lollies

b)

Dirt and Herbs

c)

Cotton Wool

d)

Flowers and Herbs