Black Death

Question 1

Black Death

Originated IN THE _____.
Started in ____.
Peak years - _____
CAUSED BY “ _______”.
_____ and ______ were major treatment measures.
It had both positive & negative effects.
It significantly increased the sanitation level of the world.
It also increase the world’s immunity level.

Answer 1

FAR EAST
1347
1346-1354.
yersinia pestis
Blood-letting & boil-lancing

Question 2

Although it’s origin has been disputed. Its first definitive appearance of Black Death was in _____in ____.

Answer 2

Crimea

1347

Question 3

Bubonic Plague arrived in Europe in _____

Answer 3

Oct. 1347

Question 4

FromCrimea, Black Death was most likely carried by _____living on the _____ that travelled on ______
It spread through theMediterranean Basin, reaching Africa,Western Asia and the rest of Europe viaConstantinople,Sicilyand theItalian Peninsula.

Answer 4

fleas

black rats

Genoese slave ships.

Question 5

Black Death
PEAK YEARS IN AFRO-EURASIA - __-___
WIPED OUT ABOUT ____% OF WORLD POPULATION
GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON – ____
DISAPPEARANCE OF PLAGUE - ____

Answer 5

1346-1354

30-60

1664

1750

Question 6

Black death was spread by a bacillus called_____,

Answer 6

Yersina pestis

Question 7

The mechanism by whichY. pestisis transmitted was established by_______

Answer 7

Paul-Louis Simond