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When Plague Rode the Trade Roads

History · World History · ages 12-13

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Which route of infection matches the lesson's explanation of plague travelling with ships?
- People breathed unhealthy air from spoiled cargo
- Fleas carried bacteria from infected rodents to people
- People swallowed bacteria in stored drinking water
Which region does the lesson link to the Black Death's early spread?
- Egypt
- Central Asia
- Western Europe
In parts of Europe, a shortage of workers helped some survivors bargain for higher wages after the plague.
Circle one: True False
A town has no local outbreak. Crews at its usual supplying port fall ill, and deliveries stop. Which explanation best fits a shortage of imported goods in the town?
- Illness at the supplier interrupted deliveries to the town
- Illness among local makers reduced production within the town
- Illness among local buyers reduced demand within the town
In the simplified route taught in the lesson, which statement puts the Black Sea and Mediterranean port stages in the correct order?
- Mediterranean ports were reached before Black Sea ports
- Both groups of ports were reached at the same time
- Black Sea ports were reached before Mediterranean ports
Doctors in the 1300s knew which bacteria caused plague.
Circle one: True False
A historian compares outbreak records with travel routes. The outbreaks cluster in ports linked by shipping. Which route of infection does this pattern support most directly?
- Spread aboard trading ships linking the affected ports
- Spread along inland roads linking farming villages
- Spread with travelling herds between inland grazing grounds
A student uses higher wages in parts of Europe to argue that Egyptian farming expanded after the plague. Which evidence most directly tests the claim about Egyptian farming?
- Some Egyptian builders found well-paid work on religious buildings
- Some European employers competed to hire surviving workers
- Egyptian farming declined after many workers died

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Fleas carried bacteria from infected rodents to people · The lesson describes infected rodents and fleas travelling aboard ships. Fleas carrying the bacteria could infect people through bites.
Central Asia · Evidence links the Black Death's early spread to Central Asia. This does not mean every later route is known.
True · Some employers competed for fewer available workers. This could give surviving workers more bargaining power.
Illness at the supplier interrupted deliveries to the town · The illness occurred at the supplying port. Interrupted deliveries explain the shortage of imported goods without requiring illness among the town's own residents.
Black Sea ports were reached before Mediterranean ports · The lesson places Black Sea ports before Mediterranean ports on this simplified route. Reversing those stages or placing them at the same time does not match that order. This is one route within a wider network.
False · Doctors in the 1300s did not know the bacterial cause. Explanations involving unhealthy air or the stars did not identify it.
Spread aboard trading ships linking the affected ports · The match between affected ports and shipping links supports ships as a route of spread. It does not establish which traveller carried infection or explain each outbreak.
Egyptian farming declined after many workers died · Evidence that Egyptian farming declined directly contradicts the claim that it expanded. European wages and Egyptian builders' pay describe different places or kinds of work.