How did the Black Death spread across Europe?

It moved along routes of trade. Rats lived among the cargo, so ships carried the plague from port to port and merchants carried it inland. The map sheet has students draw arrows from Messina to Novgorod.

When did the Black Death reach Europe?

The sheet says trading ships from the Black Sea reached Messina, Sicily, in the fall of 1347. It struck Italy, France and England in 1348 and was entering the lands of Russia by about 1352.

7th Grade Medieval Europe Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Medieval Europe is the period after the empire of Charlemagne broke apart, when kings, lords, knights and peasants lived under feudalism and trade routes carried both goods and disease. There are 2 sheets for 7th grade here, each with an answer key. Feudal Obligations in Medieval Europe has students label a ladder of what is given down and owed up, and Spread of the Black Death Across Europe traces the plague from Messina in 1347 to Novgorod. The Black Death sheet practices D2.His.14.6-8.

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Feudal Obligations in Medieval Europe

Grade7th Grade

TopicMedieval and Early Modern World

Spread of the Black Death Across Europe

Grade7th Grade

TopicMedieval and Early Modern World

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Feudalism was a system based on exchanging land for loyal service. A monarch granted large estates called fiefs to powerful lords, who swore an oath of loyalty and gave service in return. Feudal Obligations in Medieval Europe has students show who owes what.

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