THE BLACK DEATH
The real cause of the plague was carried by these common pests.
What are rats (fleas)?
Those areas that suffered least from the Black Death were far away from these well-traveled pathways.
What are trade routes?
This term refers to a representation of value used in financial transactions like buying, selling or investing.
What is money?
This term refers to a man so wealthy from trade he has the power and influence of the nobility.
What is a merchant prince?
This term refers to trading goods of equal value.
What is bartering?
Some people believed this invisible, odorless gas could cause illness and even plagues.
What is miasma?
This event caused the Catholic Church to become divided, with two Popes reigning at the same time.
What is the Great Schism?
This term refers to a business dedicated to safeguarding money and making loans.
What is a bank?
This Italian mathematician introduced Arabic numerals to Europe.
Who was Leonardo "Fibonacci" Bonacci?
This word means in the city or cities.
What is urban?
This "cure" involved using leeches or cuts to remove blood, which supposedly contained "bad humors."
What is bloodletting or bleeding?
Caused by disease, heavy rains and cold weather, this event resulted in the death of 75 million people.
What is the Great Famine of Europe?
This term refers to the ability to purchase something with the promise of future payment.
What is credit?
This Italian banker used his great wealth to control the government and support the arts.
Who was Cosimo di Medici?
This word means in the countryside or farmlands.
What is rural?
For people in the 14th century, this was the surest sign that someone had the Bubonic Plague.
What are enlarged or swollen lymph nodes?
This city is sometimes described as "the first city of the modern world."
What is Florence, Italy.
This terms refers to the management of money, or paying for something.
What is finance?
This Italian architect designed the great dome of the Florence Cathedral, which is still the tallest building in the city.
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
This term refers to someone who starts a business.
What is an entrepreneur?
This system ended when the plague made more jobs available, and peasants began moving to the cities to find work.
What was the feudal system?
The tragedies of 14th century Europe caused many people to question their faith in the church, which led to growing support for this concept.
What is patriotism?
This term refers to an arrangement made with a business to conduct monetary transactions like buying, selling or investing.
What is an account?
This early scientist found proof that the sun is the center of the solar system and has been called "the father of modern science."
Who was Galileo Galilei?
This philosophy promotes the value and potential of every person.
What is humanism?