TASK: First copy all 7 questions into your books. Second, begin to answer each question.
Remember your levels- Level 5 Explain, Level 4 Describe, Level 3 List
QUESTIONS
1. What year did the Black Death come to England?
2. What are the symptoms of the Black Death?
3. What did the Peasants believe caused the Black Death?
4. What do scientists say today, caused the Black Death?
5. In what country did the Black Death originate (start)?
6. How did the Black Death spread?
7. List 4 good & 4 bad results of the Black Death.
ANSWERS
A1. 1348
A2.
• Shaking/ failure of nervous system
• Buboes / Buboes exploding
• Being sick
• Temperature
• Dying
• Rash under the skin
A3.
• The evil planets of Saturn and Mars giving off a bad smell.
• The Jews Poisoning the drinking water.
• A punishment from god.
• The smell from the Buboes when they burst.
A4.
Fleas carried the disease in their stomachs. They lived on rats. When the rat died the flea would move to live on a human. The flea bit the human, giving them the disease.
A5.
China
A6.
The plague was spread by rats or people carrying the infected fleas.
A7.
Good:
Peasant were paid more money.
Peasants had more freedom to move around.
Peasants didn’t have to do their labour services any more.
Peasants had more power.
Bad:
Lots of people had died- people were grieving for their families and friends
Many villages rotted leaving remaining peasants homeless and wandering
There were not enough peasants to farm the land- many went hungry.
People were very fearful that the plague would strike again
Reminder: The ASSESSMENT is on Monday 30/03/09 period 5!
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