Vocabulary
Like Black Smoke
The World Upside Down
Cause and Effect
100
What is a record of historical events in the order in which they took place
chronicle
100
How did the plague moved from rats to humans?
fleas bit rats and then bit humans
100
How many people died in Western Europe as result of the plague?
twenty-five million
100
Cause: Four soldiers stole a blanket that was filled with plague infected fleas and slept under it
Effect: Four soldiers were dead by the morning
200
What is a violent outbreak
rampage
200
What happened when an infected person cough?
The plague spreads into the air infecting other people.
200
What are two negative ways that the Black Death affected Europe?
Villagers abandoned thousands of villages Agriculture was in disarray There was shortage of skilled workers
200
Cause: Resentment among the working class
Effect: this resentment led to violence to change the status quo.
300
What is a state of disorder; confusion
disarray
300
Where did the Black Plague started?
Asia (a lake between China and India)
300
What happened with the food prices as a result of the plague?
There were fewer people , an overabundance of food so the prices were lower.
300
Cause: Without many skilled workers, fewer new things were produced
Effect: The prices of goods such as farm tools increased
400
What is someone skilled in a trade?
artisan
400
Why did people chase sailors away from ports during the Black Death?
People did not know how the plague was spread, so they attacked people who they thought were infected, instead of the rats on the boats Sailors traveled from infected areas to uninfected areas, and the plague went with them
400
Why does the author of “A World Turned Upside Down” think that the plague had positive results?
Medicine made incredible advances There were technological developments such as the printing press
400
Cause: People begin to question things they used to believe
Effect: Major changes happened in religion, art and science
500
What is the act of happening again; return
recurrence
500
What happened when trade ships with many sick soldiers visited many ports?
Rats infected with the plague jumped off the ships onto the land and infected more people
500
What were some of the significant and lasting effects of the Black Death?
Loss of population and workers spurred technological developments such as the printing press Between one-third and one-half of the population of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East died
500
Cause: earthquakes, floods and famines devastated Asia
Effect: rodents were driven into villages in search of food.
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