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CAUSES
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SPREAD/CURES
FACTS
EFFECTS
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WHICH INSECT CARRIED THE PLAGUE GERM?
FLEA
100
HOW LONG DID IT USUALLY TAKE A PERSON TO DIE OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE?
5 - 7 DAYS
100
WHERE DID THE BLACK DEATH START?
CHINA/EAST ASIA/CENTRAL ASIA
100

True or False: If you caught the Bubonic Plague today, you would likely die from it.

False

100
HOW DID THE BLACK DEATH AFFECT THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR?
THE WAR WAS STOPPED BECAUSE TOO MANY SOLDIERS DIED
200
WHY DID THE BLACK DEATH SPREAD SOQUICKLY IN THE CITIES?
TIGHTLY PACKED AND FILTHY CITIES/CROWDED CITIES
200

Who brought the plague with them?

Italian Merchants

200
HOW DID IT SPREAD TO EUROPE?
ALONG THE SILK ROAD/OVERLAND TO THE BLACK SEA/BY BOATS TO EUROPE
200
APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG DID THE PLAGUE LAST?
300 YEARS
200
NAME ONE IMPORTANT EFFECT OF THE PLAGUE ON MEDIEVAL SOCIETY
POPULATION LOSS BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS DEATH LOSS OF RESPECT FOR DOCTORS/PRIESTS
300
WHICH ANIMAL CARRIED THE INFECTED FLEA?
RAT
300
WHAT WERE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE BLACK DEATH?
YOU GET BLACK SPOTS ON YOUR BODY, YOU VOMIT, YOU COUGH AND YOU SPIT BLOOD
300
NAME ONE CURE WHICH WAS USED BY PEOPLE TO TRY TO CURE THE PLAGUE
RUBBING A DEAD FROG ON THE BUBOE/ DEAD CHICKENS
300
THE PLAGUE APPEARED APPROXIMATELY EVERY _______ YEARS
10
300
APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF EUROPE DIED OF THE BLACK DEATH?
ONE/THIRD
400
PEOPLE CARRIED BUNCHES OF FLOWERS AND HERBS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT THE PLAGUE WAS CAUSED BY WHAT?
BAD AIR/BAD SMELLS
400
HOW DID COUGHING SPREAD THE PLAGUE?
THE PLAGUE WAS CONTAGIOUS AND COUGHING HELPED TO SPREAD THE GERM FROM PERSON TO PERSON
400
WHAT DID THE FLAGELLANTS DO TO PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM GETTING THE PLAGUE?
WHIP THEMSELVES
400
THE PLAGUE WAS ALSO CALLED WHAT? GIVE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES.
THE BLACK DEATH BUBONIC PLAGUE
400
WHICH POPULATION WAS MORE AFFECTED - THE RURAL POPULATION OR THE URBAN POPULATION?
URBAN POPULATION
500

What is another name for the Bubonic Plague?

Black Death

500

What was the Black Plague?

A disease that killed many people in Europe.

500

True or False: The people thought the Black Death was a punishment from God.

True

500

What did people do when the disease started killing people?

They panicked, began hiding, locked their doors, and burned down houses and villages.

500
HOW DID THE PLAGUE BENEFIT THE POORER PEOPLE OF EUROPE?
THERE WAS A LABOUR SHORTAGE AND WORKERS RECEIVED HIGHER WAGES