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WebQuest - The Black Death
Go to the “Black Death1” website on my portaportal page.
1. What economic impact did the plague have on Europe?
2. How did the flea help spread the disease?
3. Why were non-Christians blamed for the plague?
4. How many people died of the black plague between the years
1347-1352?
5. What part of the world did the Black Death come from?
Go back to my portaportal page and click on videos
Directions:
Watch the “The Black Death” video. Keep the volume low.
Go back to the “Black Death 2” website on my portaportal page
6. Where does the name “Bubonic” in Bubonic Plague come from?
7. Identify 3 symptoms a person suffering from Bubonic Plague will experience.
8. What was the mortality (death) rate for Pneumonic Plague in the Middle Ages? What is it today (if
treated)?
9. What are the symptoms of Pneumonic Plague?
10. What is the treatment for Septicemic Plague today?
11. Why was the plague also referred to as the Black Death?
Go back to my portaportal page and click on videos
Directions:
Watch the “Origins of the Plague” video. Keep the volume low.
Go back to the “Black Death 3” website on my portaportal page
12. What was the “beak” of the masks filled with? Why?
13. Name one method used to try to stop the plague that DID NOT work.
14. Name one method used to try to stop the plague that DID work.
15. What was the biggest problem the economy faced due to the Black Death?
16. Why did the plague cause people to turn away from the church?
BONUS!!
What popular kid’s nursery rhyme dealt with the Black Death?
Go back to my portaportal page and click on videos
Directions:
Watch the “Black Death Spread by Trade” video. Keep the volume low.