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- 1. Multiple Choice
What has to happen for a disease to become a pandemic?
It has to kill one thousand people
It has to originate in Asia
It has to be able to be transmitted from person to person
It has to spread over a large portion of the world
- 2. Multiple Choice
Place the following events in sequence: A) The Black Death hits China; B) Plague-infested ships land at Messina, Italy; C) The Black Death hits the Middle East
A, B, C
A, C, B
B, C, A
C, A, B
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the relationship between the famine that struck Europe in the 14th century and the spread of the Black Death?
Famine and hunger caused more people to get sick and die
The plague was spread through infected crops
The same bad weather that caused famine caused the Black Death
Imported crops from Asia caused the Black Death to spread to Europe
- 4. Multiple Choice
How much of the population of Europe died during the Black Death?
Between half and three-quarters
Between one-quarter and one-half
Between one-third and two-thirds
Between one-tenth and two tenths
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which term describes medical practices as they existed in the 14th century?
Sophisticated
Modern
Primitive
Effective
- 6. Multiple Choice
What effect did bloodletting have on plague patients?
It made them sicker, if it had any effect at all
It helped the disease leave their bloodstreams
It prevented new infections from taking hold
It prolonged their lives
- 7. Multiple Choice
How could people in the 14th century have best prevented the spread of plague?
By seeing doctors more often
By using folk remedies
By avoiding travel
By practicing basic hygiene and sanitation
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of illness is the bubonic plague?
A viral illness
A bacterial illness
A miasmal illness
A food-borne illness
- 9. Multiple Choice
How can you catch the bubonic plague?
By being bitten by a rat
By being bitten by a flea
By being bitten by a mouse
By shaking hands with an infected person
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why were peasants able to demand more money and more freedom in the aftermath of the Black Death?
Because there was a shortage of laborers
Because there was a shortage of farmland
Because there was a shortage of food
Because there was a shortage of water
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