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The Black Death

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Basic Questions on the Black Death
Nafis KHAN
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Question 1

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Which form of the plague can be transmitted from person to person?
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  • Septicemic plague
  • Bubonic plague
  • Pneumonic plague

Question 2

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What animal carried the Black Death and transferred it to humans?
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  • Fleas
  • Birds
  • Dogs
  • Mosquitoes

Question 3

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Today the Black Death is called the [blank_start]Bubonic Plague[blank_end].
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  • Bubonic Plague
  • Pneumonic Plague
  • Septicemic Plague

Question 4

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What did people do when the disease started killing people?
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  • They locked their doors
  • They burned down houses and villages
  • They panicked
  • They tried to run and hide
  • All of the above

Question 5

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[blank_start]33%[blank_end] percentage of people in Europe during the Middle Ages died from the Black Plague
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  • 70%
  • 29%
  • 45%
  • 33%
  • 12%

Question 6

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When did the Black Death take place?
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  • 1066 to 1070
  • 1347 to 1350
  • 500 to 510
  • 1400 to 1402

Question 7

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What did some people at the time think caused the disease?
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  • They thought it was punishment from god
  • That the Jewish people caused it to kill Christians
  • That pockets of bad air from earthquakes released the disease
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Question 8

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If you caught the Black Death today you would likely die from it.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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How did medieval doctors cure the plague?
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  • Vaccinations
  • Bloodletting & leeches
  • Antiobiotics
  • There was no cure

Question 10

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This picture represents a person who had what job during the plague?
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  • Grave Digger
  • Catholic Priest
  • Nursery rhyme writer
  • Plague Docter

Question 11

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How did the plague affect the Feudal system of Europe?
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  • Labor shortages ended feudalism
  • Feudalism ended because all peasants died
  • Feudalism was made stronger
  • Feudalism remained unchanged

Question 12

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How many people were killed within four years of the Black Plague?
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  • 40-50 Million
  • 20-30 Million
  • 5-7 Million
  • 10-20 Million

Question 13

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The social institution that was most damaged in the public's mind because of the plague was [blank_start]the Church[blank_end]
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  • the Church
  • the Government
  • the Schools
  • the Markets

Question 14

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After the plague, how was the standard of life affected?
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  • It increased due to new luxury items
  • It decreased because of increased wages
  • It decreased due to decreased wages
  • It increased due to higher wages

Question 15

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Which is true regarding the price of goods of farmers and merchants during the plague?
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  • Prices increased because farmers and merchants could charge whatever they wanted due to the chaos
  • Prices decreased because their were less people to buy goods
  • Prices increased because nobles were demanding higher profits
  • Prices decreased because there were too many people and not enough crops

Question 16

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Some of the cures that doctors tried included:
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  • Crushed emeralds
  • Chewing chillies
  • Sitting in the sewers
  • Eating Lemons

Question 17

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As a result of the plague, some peasants gained more land that they were then able to rent out to others.
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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What effect did the plague have on trade?
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  • Trade increased because more deaths led to lower production of food and products
  • Trade increased because people were more willing to travel from city to city
  • Trade decreased because cities & villages had surpluses of what they needed
  • Trade decreased because of lack of production, and fear of travel/spread of the disease

Question 19

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As a result of the plague, more peasants had to work for their lords for free 40 days a year, instead of just paying him directly.
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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What is a common symptom of the Plague?
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  • Seizures
  • Diarrhea
  • Diabetes
  • Headaches

Question 21

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Symptoms of the Septicemic plague.
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  • Enlarged, painful, tender lymphs. Accompanying symptoms are fever, chills, headaches, and weakness.
  • Abdominal pain. There can be bleeding and tissue death, especially of the fingers and toes. These dying tissues may appear black.
  • Shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, and cough with watery or bloody mucus production

Question 22

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Symptoms of the Pneumonic plague
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  • Abdominal pain. There can be bleeding and tissue death, especially of the fingers and toes. These dying tissues may appear black.
  • Shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, and cough with watery or bloody mucus production
  • Enlarged, painful, tender lymphs. Accompanying symptoms are fever, chills, headaches, and weakness.

Question 23

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Which 2 types of the plague rarely spread from person to person?
Answer
  • Pneumonic plague
  • Bubonic plague
  • Septicemic plague

Question 24

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What is a cure for the Plague?
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  • Morphine
  • Antibiotics
  • Aspirin
  • Paracetamol

Question 25

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Name one of the causes for the Black Death.
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  • Aliens
  • Viruse
  • Bacteria
  • None of the Above

Question 26

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Name a crazy cure for the Plague.
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  • Bathe in Urine
  • Eating Onions
  • Sacrifice animals and Humans
  • Drinking Urine

Question 27

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Name some of the cures for the Plague.
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  • Rubbing a wound with a live Chicken
  • Eating Human and Animal Waste
  • Killing the Jews
  • None of the Above

Question 28

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Where do historians think that the Black Death started?
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  • In Africa
  • In North America
  • In Russia
  • In England
  • In Asia

Question 29

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Why would the Black Death not be nearly as deadly in 2018?
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  • Not as many rats
  • We have boil ointment now
  • Antibiotics and cleaner living habits
  • Flea collars

Question 30

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What is one of the countries that were affected by the spread of the Black Death?
Answer
  • Switzerland
  • France
  • Africa
  • All of above
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