Black Death

A disease that spreads quickly through a population

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Disease

• Flu

The Black Death killed as much as ____ of the European population.

• 80%

• 20%

• 50%

• 40%

Worldwide, about ____ million people were killed.

• 10

• 50

• 75

• 25

Sanitation was almost nonexistent.

• True

• False

The plague began where?

• Europe

• The Middle East

• Central Asia

• North America

The plague was NOT spread by merchants and traders

• True

• False

Fleas on rats carried the disease

• True

• False

______ left their manors to go find work in the city.

• Lords

• Nobles

• Serfs

• Christians

With less workers farmers started producing grain rather than fruits and vegetables.

• True

• False

Farmers created these THREE things to make farming easier.

• A new plow

• Better horseshoes

• Tractor

• Harnesses.