Starter quiz
- What did people at the time believe caused the Black Death
- infected fleas on rats
- wizards and witches
- God punishing them for their sins ✓
- foul smelling air ✓
- an evil alignment of the planets ✓
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- Where has modern research discovered the Black Death originated from?
- China
- Russia
- Kyrgyzstan ✓
- Uzbekistan
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- Roughly what percentage of the population of the Middle East was killed by the Black Death?
- '33' ✓
- What is meant by the term 'plague'?
- a serious contagious disease that can kill many people ✓
- something bad that happens to lots of people
- an annoying person or people
- a type of curse
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- Which European city in modern-day Crimea was the first to experience the Black Death in 1346?
- Caffa ✓
- Trabzon
- Sinope
- Constantinople
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- Which famous trade route is also suspected to have brought the Black Death to Europe?
- 'The Silk Road' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which grand building in Sienna was never completed due to the Black Death?
- 'cathedral' ✓
- How long was the 'quarantena' that Venice imposed on incoming ships to try and prevent the Black Death from spreading to the city?
- '40 days' ✓
- How did the city of Milan deal with cases of the Black Death?
- drove the sick from the city
- bricked up infected families in their houses ✓
- provided the best medical care available
- left them to their fate
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- Place the countries into the order in which they were affected by the Black Death.
- 1⇔Italy
- 2⇔France
- 3⇔Holy Roman Empire
- 4⇔Poland
- Which group of people were blamed for the Black Death in the Holy Roman Empire?
- 'Jewish people' ✓
- After the Black Death, how long did it take the population of Europe to return to pre-plague levels?
- 10 years
- 50 years
- 75 years
- 150 years ✓
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Key learning points
- The Black Death killed up to half the population in many European countries.
- The Black Death changed how people interacted with each other.
- Different countries responded to and were affected by the Black Death in different ways.
- The Black Death affected the lives of Europeans for centuries after the plague first struck.
Common misconception
The Black Death was a terrible one-off event.
Although the Black Death was a one-off event, the plague, the disease that was the Black Death, continued to afflict Europe for hundreds of years after it first came to Europe in the 14th century.
Keywords
Population - the population refers to all the inhabitants of a particular place
Disease - a disease is a condition that impairs the proper function of the body or part of the body
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