1. The plague significantly reduced the population of Europe.

A.

True

B.

False

2. The social order of life on the manor changed because peasants left and were able to earn higher wages.

A.

True

B.

False

Choose the answers.

4.

Mark the statement if it correctly describes an effect of the plague on Europe.

A.

Feudalism remained strong after the plague ended.

B.

Scholars took an interest in medicine and the sciences.

C.

Most people gave up working the land and moved to towns.

1: Ture it killed thousands

2: A - True

After the plague/black death labour became scarce and landlords needed peasants to tend cattle and sheep or get involved in farming and agriculture. Quite often the only way to get people to work for them was to offer higher wages than their current landlords were offering. In some cases the landlords were happy to let their peasants go - some forms of farming - eg sheep rearing was less labour intensive and it allowed them to clear land for sheep. Much agriculture in the medieval era was

subsistence based and consequently there was little profit, especially in lean years. Sheep farming offered more profits.

3: B.

Scholars took an interest in medicine and the sciences.