Vocabulary
Definition of Pandemic
a widespread of disease across the whole world
These people blamed God for causing the black plague.
What is Religious Fanatics?
The black death was an epidemic
False
What was the Main Cause of the Pneumonic Plague?
the bacterium Yersinia pestis
The fraction of people that have been estimated to die is?
20 to 30 million
Definition of Urban
relating to a town or a city
What was the dance of death?
a confrontation of the living with death
The Black Death killed between 30 and 50% of the population of Europe.
Who Is True?
What was the second big reason why it spread?
How did the plague affect the Feudal economy of Europe?
The ending of feudalism, and serfs and peasants demanded higher pay.
Definition of quarantine
Where you are isolated from everyone to keep safe
The group thought that inflicting pain on themselves would stop the bubonic Plague.
Who is Flagellants?
If you caught the Black Death today you would likely die from it.
Who is False?
How did it spread?
This spread because of poor hygiene and fleas on rats.
Merchant ships and rodents helped spread?
The plague
Definition of Yersinia Pestis
A plague bacterium that were found in small mammals
Who did the Christians blame for the Black Death
Who is Jews?
As a result of the plague, some serfs/peasants were able to buy their freedom.
Who is True?
How did the plague increase the power of the common people?
It created a shortage of workers
These symptoms came along with the inflammation.
headache, chills, back paon , nausea
Definition of Miasma Theory
Diseases are produced due to unhealthy or polluted vapors rising from the ground
Which group of people were responsible for spreading the Black Death?
The plague also traveled with Genoese merchants back
The black death started in Asia
True
How do people become infected with the plague?
when they are bitten by a flea that is infected with the bacteria
After what amount of time would people experience symptoms
1-2 days