The Black Death

How much of Europe's population died as a result of the Black Death?

• 78%

• 50%

• Half

• Two Thirds

What are the three types of the plague?

• Grangrenous

• Pneumonic

• Septicemic

• Bubonic

Historians believe the plague likely originated in

• Mongolia

• Alexandria

• China

• London

The scientific cause of the plague was

• Yersinia Pestia

• the plague virus

• rats and fleas infected with the plague bacteria

• faeces

An effect of the Black Death was

• the Church becoming more powerful

• higher wages

• the collapse of the feudal system

• cheaper food

Which of these was NOT a cause of the plague according to medieval people?

• Miasma/bad odours

• An earthquake

• Rats

• Alignment of the stars and planets

Select the three jobs created by the city of London to help clean up the filthy streets

• Muck rakers

• Bin men

• Gong farmers

• Surveyors of the pavement

The Church supported the flagellants

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The flagellants were condemned by the Catholic Church however they continued to be a large and important religious sect.

The largest and least powerful group in the feudal system were the

• Knights

• Bishops

• Peasants

• King

The Pneumonic plague infected a persons _____ and could be spread by _____

• Lymph nodes, rats

• Lungs, clothing

• Lymph nodes, touch

• Lungs, coughing