Plague Review

Which of these topics would you MOST likely cover when studying the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) in European history?

• The Beginning of the Renaissance in Southern Europe

• The Decline of the Feudal System in Europe

• The Destruction of the Aztec Empire

• The Failure of the Christian Crusades

The Bubonic Plague of the 1300s originated in

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• America

Which BEST describes how the bubonic plague affected the feudal system in medieval Europe?

• The plague shut down all trade routes throughout Europe, so the nobility relied on farmers and artisans for all their goods.

• The plague caused all the members of the ruling class to move to the cities, so the peasant class took over the lands they left behind.

• The plague caused most of the artisans to leave Europe, so the peasants did not have the proper tools for farming.

• The plague killed many peasants who worked the land, so the ruling classes did not have as many farmers to work their lands.

The "Black Death" in Europe in the mid-1300s is a good example of how _____________ can have devastating effects on a civilization.

• disease

• warfare

• unreliable food sources

• environmental change

The biggest disrupter to the social structure of Medieval Europe wa

• the spread of the bubonic plague.

• the invasion of the Mongol Empire.

• the Napoleonic Revolutions.

• the Age of Exploration.

Which BEST describes a pattern that people during the 14th and 15th centuries noticed in relation to outbreaks of the Black Death?

• Outbreaks were concentrated among wealthy members of society.

• Outbreaks only affected those who lived in rural areas outside cities.

• Outbreaks were most likely to arise during summer and early fall.

• Outbreaks only affected those whose jobs required them to travel.

The Silk Roads connected East and West Asia beginning as early as 114 B.C., but its use declined in the late 1400s and came to a definite halt in the early 1500s.The use of the Silk Roads decreased when

• sea trade increased.

• the rivers changed course.

• railway trade increased.

What barrier to trade separated the empires of Ghana and Mali from the trading center of Egypt?

• the Nile River

• the Red Sea

• the Mediterranean Sea

• the Sahara Desert

Based on the map, which area of Europe would have been affected FIRST by the bubonic plague?

• Germany

• Britain

• Spain

• Italy

Based on the map, which area of Europe would have been affected LAST by the bubonic plague?

• France

• Italy

• England

• Russia