Origins
The Black Death began on this continent.
What is Asia?
This network of trade routes links China to the Mediterranean.
What is the Silk Road?
_______ carried the plague to Europe’s cities by this route type: on the water.
What are ships?
After millions died, there was a shortage of these people.
What are workers / peasants / farmers?
Keeping sick people apart from others is called this.
What is quarantine?
Fleas on these animals carried the disease.
Traders traveled in groups with camels, called this.
What is a caravan?
(This Sicilian port city of Messina was hit by the plague in 1347) The modern day country Messina is located in.
With workers scarce, they could demand these.
What are higher wages?
Venice made ships wait this many days. (hint 6 squared + 4)
What is 40?
About this fraction of Europe’s people died.
What is 1/3?
Besides goods and ideas, trade routes also carried this.
What is disease?
Plague ships arrived in Europe in this decade.
What is the 1340s?
________ demanded freedom, weakening the system called serfdom.
What are peasants?
In the 1300s, people did not know this about the plague.
What is the cause?
Besides fleas, the plague also spread between these.
What are people?
This “Mongol Peace” made travel safer, and helped the plague spread.
What is Pax Mongolica?
These small animals on ships carried infected fleas.
What are rats?
Many people lost trust in this powerful institution.
What is the church?
This minority group was unfairly blamed and attacked.
The plague began in this region of Asia.
What is Central Asia?
Explain: How can connected trade also mean connected risk?
More contact between regions lets disease spread farther and faster.
Explain: Why were port cities hit first?
Ships carrying merchants, goods, and rats arrived there first.
Explain: How did a labor shortage change Europe?
Survivors could demand higher pay and more freedom, weakening serfdom.
Explain: Why did people blame others for the plague?
They did not understand the cause, so fear led them to blame others.