NAME: ______________________ BLOCK: ________ DATE: _______________

THE BLACK PLAGUE WEB ADVENTURE!

Background: The Black Plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague or Black Death, was an epidemic that spread from
Central Asia to Western Europe and devastated European population in the 14th century.

Our task today is to use the websites at the bottom of help you answer the following questions on the Black Plague. Be
sure to use specific evidence, including quotations, if appropriate. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Where did the plague spread?
2. How did the trade routes play a role in the spread?
3. How did people in the Middle Ages explain the plague?
4. What was the cause of the plague?
5. What were the symptoms of the plague?
6. How did the plague affect Europe? What economic, political and social changes resulted from the plague?
7. What steps eventually brought the plague under control?

Web sites to consider:

The Middle Ages: The Black Plague
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/plague/

The Black Death, 1348

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm

activity adapted from: http://www.rbhs208.org/greenman/blackplague.htm

NAME: ______________________ BLOCK: ________ DATE: _______________

THE BLACK PLAGUE WEB ADVENTURE!

Background: The Black Plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague or Black Death, was an epidemic that spread from
Central Asia to Western Europe and devastated European population in the 14th century.

Our task today is to use the websites at the bottom of help you answer the following questions on the Black Plague. Be
sure to use specific evidence, including quotations, if appropriate. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Where did the plague spread?

2. How did the trade routes play a role in the spread?
3. How did people in the Middle Ages explain the plague?
4. What was the cause of the plague?
5. What were the symptoms of the plague?
6. How did the plague affect Europe? What economic, political and social changes resulted from the plague?
7. What steps eventually brought the plague under control?

Web sites to consider:

The Middle Ages: The Black Plague
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/plague/

The Black Death, 1348

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm

activity adapted from: http://www.rbhs208.org/greenman/blackplague.htm