Miscellaneous 1
Political Effects
Social Causes and Effects
Economic Causes and Effects
Miscellaneous 2
100
Identify one reason that urban areas (cities) were more impacted by the Plague than rural communities.
Lack of good hygiene, poor sanitation, high population
100
Name 2 things that government leaders did to try to stop the disease
Hint: (One of them happened a lot during the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic)
They burned down entire towns, and quarantined large groups of people.
100
Explain why the image below proves the following claim:
The Bubonic Plague led to a decrease in interconnectedness.
People were restricted from moving to other cities because of a fear of spreading the Plague.
100
What is the name of the trading route that connected Europe to Asia and inadvertently helped spread the Bubonic Plague?
What are the Silk Roads?
100
This is another name for the Bubonic Plague
What is the Black Death?
200
Approximately what fraction of Europeans died from the Bubonic Plague?
2/3 of all Europeans died (7.5-20 million)
200
According to this map, which area of Europe was least affected by the Bubonic Plague?
What is Eastern Europe?
200
The Bubonic Plague led to a decrease in the acknowledgement of the rule of the Pope or many religious figures (Bishops, Priests, other clergy). Another term for an increase in non-religious activities is increased ____________.
What is secularism?
200
This map suggests that the Bubonic Plague was primarily spread because of which activity?
What is Trade?
200
What is the name of person who wore a mask that looked like a bird beak to protect themselves from the disease? 
The plague doctor
300
What made the Bubonic Plague an epidemic as opposed to a pandemic (like that of COVID-19)?
A pandemic is when a disease spreads across international boundaries, while an epidemic remains within regional boundaries.
300
"The plague... has left many parish churches without someone to care for their parishioners... no one left to provide for the salvation of souls..."
According to this text, which powerful group was unavailable when the Plague hit?
Priests/ Clergy
300
Some Catholic church members blamed ________ for the Bubonic Plague. This led to widespread antisemitism.
Which group did church members blame?
Who are Jews?
300
According to this image, the Bubonic Plague led to a __________ ____________, a term for when the number of vacancies for a particular work is (or is expected to be) far above a 'normal' level
Labor Shortage
300
"Take an egg that is newly laid, and make a hole in either end, and blow out all that is within. And lay it to the fire and let it roast till it may be ground to powder ... mix it with chives and good ale. And then make the sick drink it for three evenings and three mornings."
"Some did not shut themselves in, but went about, some carrying flowers in their hands, some fragrant herbs... which they frequently smelled, thinking it good to comfort the brain with such odors."
A similarity with these texts above is that both were considered medieval __________ for a person infected with the Plague
remedy; medicine
400
"Some felt that they should obey the maxim [saying], “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.” The society experienced an upheaval to an extent usually only seen in circumstances such as carnival [festival]."
According to this source, how did some people respond to the Bubonic Plague in their town?
They did whatever they wanted without fear of consequences; They lived based on a YOLO mentality!
400
What was the name of the revolt that occurred because of the economic changes as a result of the Bubonic Plague?
Hint: This revolt was led by the lowest class of medieval Europe and they fought the upper class groups.
The Peasants Revolt
400
According to this text from writer 14th century writer John Fordun, would Magnates be considered a low or a high social class? How do you know?
..."Nearly a third of mankind died... By God's will, this evil led to a strange kind of death, insomuch that the flesh of the sick was somehow puffed out and swollen... It attacked everywhere, especially commoners, but seldom the magnates who could flee to other towns when desired". (16)
-John Fordun, the author of Chronicle of the Scottish Nation (c. 1380)
Magnates are wealthy or high class because they had the resources to move out of the infected towns whenever they wanted to
400
Which medieval Europe economic system collapsed as a result of the spread of the Bubonic Plague? (Hint: It is the counterpart of Feudalism)
What is Manorialism?
400
According to this chart, what increased as the population rates decreased in Europe from the 1250 to the 1600's?
Daily Double Question!
Real Wages