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- 1. Multiple Choice
When did the Black Death arrive in Europe?
1200
1532
1347
1776
- 2. Multiple Choice
What may be the culprit for bringing the plague to Europe?
fleas/bears
fleas/black rats
ticks/black rats
Mongol warriors
- 3. Multiple Choice
An estimated ____ of Europe's population died due to the plague.
1/4
2/3
1/3
80%
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a main symptom of the plague?
loss of teeth
large boils
spasms (shaking)
vomiting
- 5. Multiple Choice
The most deadly type of plague affected the ____________.
lungs
blood
heart
toes
- 6. Multiple Choice
Because the plague killed so much of Europe's population, it helped bring about the end of _________________.
bureaucracies
militarism
feudalism
Catholicism
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the plague impact Europe?
People started to question the church
1/3 of the population died
It contributed to the decline of feudalism
All are correct
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did the plague affect the Feudal economy of Europe?
Feudalism remained unchanged
Feudalism was made stronger
Labor shortages ended feudalism, serfs and peasants demand higher pay
Feudalism ended because all peasants died
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe social institution that was most damaged in the public's mind because of the plague wasthe governmentthe schoolsthe marketsthe church
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect did the plague have on trade?Trade increased because more deaths led to lower production of food and productsTrade increased because people were more willing to travel from city to cityTrade decreased because cities & villages had surpluses of what they neededTrade decreased because of lack of production, and fear of travel/spread of the disease
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the bacteria that caused the Black Death?
Yersinia pestis
COVID-19
E-coli
Bacillus anthracis
- 12. Multiple Choice
How did the Black Death cross continents and spread far and wide?
Trade routes (ships and wagons)
Cheap Easyjet flights
miasmas
The movement of armies as they travelled on Crusade
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the name for people who whipped themselves in the hope God would stop punishing mankind with the plague?
Flagellants
Whippers
Penitents
Flatulence
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which group did some people (wrongly) blame for the plague at the time?
The Jews
The Christians
The Muslims
The Buddhists
- 15. Multiple Choice
A disease that spreads quickly through a population of a particular regional area.
Pandemic
Epidemic
Disease
Flu
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which practice is an example of the poor hygienic practices in the Middle Ages?
frequent bathing
the religious act of self-punishment
the dumping of garbage and waste in the street
the washing of clothes and linens in the nearby rivers
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which idea is best illustrated by the map?
In some cities, the death rate exceeded 50 percent.
The plague mostly spread through European ports.
The plague had two forms in which it could spread from person to person.
Some towns were entirely wiped out, while other neighboring towns were spared.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which group most benefited from the economic impact of outbreaks of the bubonic plague?
peasants
merchants
landowners
church officials
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which statement explains why landowners began paying wages to peasants who survived outbreaks of the bubonic plague?
There was a shortage of farm labor.
Peasants were become better educated.
Survivors were considered lucky and favored by God.
There was less land available to cultivate and more money in circulation.
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