The Black Plague

Where and when did the Black Plague take place?

• China in the 2010s

• Europe in the 1300s

• America in the 1300s

• Africa in the Middle Ages

The Black Plague reading is a work of (a)   . (Fiction or nonfiction?)

How many people died of the bubonic plague between 1347 and 1349?

• 10

• 25,000,000

• 50,000

• 60,000,000

Which of the following is a reason the plague spread? (Select every correct answer)

• The cities became more crowded and unhealthy.

• No one had running water or toilets.

• Waste was thrown into the streets.

• The streets contained bacteria from sick peoples' waste.

• Rats carried fleas that had the bacteria in and out of peoples' homes.

What's another word for disease?

• Illness

• Cure

• Fleas

• Waste

The plague started in ______ in the 1300s and traveled by land and ____.

(a)