Symptoms
What were the swellings caused by the plague called?
What are buboes
What animal carried the fleas that spread the plague?
What is a rat
What did people believe caused the plague (before germ theory)?
What is bad air, or punishment from God
What did people do to avoid catching the plague?
What is fleeing the city or isolating themselves
What was the name for the special physicians who treated plague victims?
Who are plague doctors
Where did buboes usually appear?
What is the armpits, groin, or neck
What kind of bacteria caused the plague?
What is Yersinia pestis
What was a common "medical" treatment that made people weaker instead of better?
What is bloodletting
Who did some people blame for causing the plague?
What are witches, sinners, or Jewish communities
What is false
What were 2 other symptoms besides buboes?
What are feaver and chills
How did the plague travel from Asia to Europe?
What is trade routes (Silk Road)
What did plague doctors wear to protect themselves from the plague?
What are beaked masks?
What happened to funerals during the worst of the plague?
What is mass burials or burned bodies
What protective item did plague doctors carry to keep people away?
What is a wooden cane
What was the name of the more deadly version of the plague that infected the lungs?
What is the pneumonic plague
What made cities easy places for the plague to spread?
What is crowded living conditions and poor sanitation
What did plague doctors put inside of their beaked masks?
What are herbs and spices
What song or rhyme is thought to be about the plague?
What is Ring Around the Rosie
What city first enforced quarantines for arriving ships?
What is Venice
Why was the septicemic plague form especially deadly?
What is spread through the bloodstream and killed within a day
How was the pneumonic plague spread between people?
What is coughing or sneezing?
What modern medicine can treat the plague today?
What are antibiotics
How did art and writing change because of the plague?
What is focus on death, suffering, and human emotion
Were plague doctors trained?