Exercises on the Black Death


THE Black Plagueoccurred during the crisis of feudalism. The years 1315 to 1317 experienced periods of heavy rains that hit Europe, ruining fields and damaging crops.

Thus, Europeans had to face periods of intense hunger, especially the poor peasants.

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Exercises on the Black Death

1 — The European continent felt the impacts of the Black Death hard. The problems generated by it provoked several social conflicts. What were the main difficulties that led to the revolts?

a) Climatic difficulties, bad harvests and hunger.
b) Political difficulties, bad harvests and hunger.
c) Difficulties for the population to find jobs, bad harvests and hunger.
d) Climatic difficulties, bad harvests and clothes in shortage to withstand the European cold.

2 — The life of medieval Europeans became deeply painful because:

a) lacked access to basic sanitation, hygiene and quality education.
b) lacked access to basic sanitation, hygiene and quality food.


c) lacked access to education, hygiene and quality food.
d) lacked access to basic sanitation, education and quality food.

3 - In 1348 came the ________________, coming from the East that cruelly hit the Europeans.

a) bubonic plague or black plague
b) pubic plague or black plague
c) tubenic plague or black plague
d) lubonic plague or black plague

4 — (FATEC SP/2005) The dissolution of feudalism was hastened, at the end of the Middle Ages, by a succession of events that generated the so-called “century crisis. XIV".

Among these events, it is correct to mention:

a) Epidemics, such as the Black Death, originated mainly from the lack of structure in cities to support the population increase and face the problem of hunger.
b) Great Famine, manifested in this century, due to the large number of plagues that destroyed the plantations.
c) The Hundred Years War, involving, on the one hand, France and Spain and, on the other, England and Portugal, and which resulted in countless deaths.
d) Revolt of the Peasants, who, without anything to eat, abandoned the fields and caused many deaths in the cities.
e) Epidemics, such as the Bubonic Plague, which killed about 2/3 of the entire population of Europe.

5 — (UNIOESTE PR/2013) During the 14th century, European society dealt with the impacts of the so-called Black Death, and it is INCORRECT to state that:

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a) hunger and poor hygiene conditions contributed to the advance of epidemics and diseases in Europe, including the spread of the Black Death.
b) the rodent fleas, which spread the disease, led the poor and rich to death, causing despair, flight and isolation in order to avoid contagion.
c) the so-called Black Death decimated more than a third of the European urban population. Many cities have completely disappeared, characterizing the plague as an urban epidemic.
d) Giovanni Bocaccio, when experiencing this period, highlighted in his work Decameron, the terror of the epidemic in Florence and the questioning of religious precepts.
e) the question about the reason for the disease pointed, for some, to divine punishment as a possible cause of the epidemic, leading many people to self-flagellate and promote prayer retreats.

6 - Initially, the spread of the disease occurred through:

a) infected pigeons and insects that bit people and transmitted the bacteria.
b) infected rats and insects that bit people and transmitted the bacteria.
c) infected pigeons and cats that fed on people's food waste and transmitted the bacteria.
d) infected rats and fleas that bit people and transmitted the bacteria.

7 — It is correct to say that the Black Death occurred at _____________.

a) Ancient Age
b) Middle Ages
c) Modern Age
d) Contemporary Age

8 — (Mackenzie) The Black Death, which decimated about a third of the European population, the peasant revolts caused by the precarious balance of agricultural production and the Hundred Years' War, between France and England, were responsible:

a) for the formation of the feudal-clerical society.
b) by the crisis of economic mercantilism.
c) by strengthening the nobility at the expense of royal power.
d) by accelerating the crisis of absolutism.
e) by the crisis of feudalism and consolidation of royal power.

9 — The Black Death caused the death of about:

a) 10% of the world population
b) 20% of the world population
c) 30% of the world population
d) 40% of the world population

10 — The Black Death is the same as:

a) bubonic flu
b) Spanish plague
c) Spanish flu
d) bubonic plague

Template

1 - A
2 — B
3 - A
4 - A
5 - C

6 — D
7 - B
8 — AND
9 — C
10 - D

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