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🐀 The Black Death – Year 7

History · Year 7 (KS3) — causes, symptoms, medieval treatments and consequences of the 1348 plague

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In which year did the Black Death first arrive in England?

1348
1066
1381
1415
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Bubonic plague caused painful swellings called buboes. Where on the body did they usually appear?

Around the eyes and ears
On the fingers and toes
In the armpits, groin and neck
On the knees and elbows
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Many medieval people blamed the disease on 'miasma'. What was miasma?

Dirty water from wells
Poisoned bread and grain
Bad air full of foul smells
Bites from infected rats
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Who were the flagellants during the Black Death?

People who whipped themselves to ask God's forgiveness
Monks who wrote down the names of the dead
Workers who dug the mass burial pits
Doctors who cut patients to let out blood
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How was pneumonic plague different from bubonic plague?

It attacked the lungs and spread through coughing
It attacked the eyes and spread through tears
It attacked the skin and spread through touch
It attacked the stomach and spread through food
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Medieval doctors often treated plague with bloodletting. What was bloodletting meant to do?

Wash bad air out of the lungs
Rebalance the four humours in the body
Stop the plague spreading to the family
Remove the poison left by rat bites
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Approximately what proportion of England's population died in the Black Death of 1348–1350?

About one in twenty
About nine in ten
About one in ten
Between a third and a half
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After the plague, peasants demanded higher wages. Which 1351 law tried to keep wages at their old level?

The Poll Tax Act
The Magna Carta
The Statute of Labourers
The Domesday Book
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What was the main trigger of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?

A sharp rise in bread prices
A new poll tax
A new ban on hunting
A new tithe paid to the Church
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Which leader of the Peasants' Revolt was killed at Smithfield while meeting King Richard II in 1381?

Simon de Montfort
Robert Kett
Jack Cade
Wat Tyler
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