Causes of the Black Death
Symptoms
Historical Impact
Responses to the Plague
Cultural Changes
100

What animal is said to have started the black death?

rats

100

What was one of the first symptoms people displayed when they had the black death?

coughing

100

How much of the population died due to the black death?

1/3

100

Who did people blame for the black plague?

Some believed it was god's punishment others blamed the Jews

100
What nursery rhyme was written referring to the black death?

Ring around the rosie 

200

What on the rats caused the black death?

Flees from rats 

200

When would symptoms start to show

1-7 days after exposure

200

What is the definition of urbanization?

Moving from the country to the city

200

What were leeches used for in the black plague?

It was thought that the leeches would suck out the disease 

200

After the black people lost faith in the __________.

Church 

300

poor ____________ (another word for cleanliness) in the cities helped cause the spread of the black death 

sanitation 

300

How many days did you have left to live if you contracted the black death?

1-7

300

Why did the feudal system start to collapse after the black death?

There were not enough people to work so cost of labor rose

300

Where did wealthy people go to avoid the plague?

Their country estates 

300

If the black plague were to come today what are some differences in how we would handle it? 

were masks, isolate, wash hands 

400

What trade route helped spread the black death?

The Silk Road

400

What do the rosies refer to in ring around the rosie? 

The boils on peoples bodies 

400

What impact did the black death have on Christianity? 

Some viewed the black death as punishment from god, so there was a decline in the Church's authority 

400
Why was there a shortage of doctors, priests and nuns after the black death? 

They often cared for the sick so would end up getting sick and dyeing 

400

Instead of the feudal system people started to be governed by __________ and _______________.

Despot and Oligarchy 

500

What bacterium caused the black death?

Yersinia pestis

500

What does coughing up a lung refer to regarding the black plague?

Peoples lungs would start to liquify and people would start literally coughing up their lunch

500

What are the places called that people started to move into after the black death?

City-State

500

Why did some of the sick starve to death?

Family members would lock the sick in a room and never come back worried they would catch the plague. Leaving no one to care for the sick

500

After the black death people started to care more about their individual experiences which lead to art and education. What was this time referred to? 

The Renaissance