Black Death

Question 1

Black Death misconceptions

Answer 1

Jews poisoned the wells
God punishing people for their sins
Caused by position of planets and stars
Miasma

Question 2

Black Death true causes

Answer 2

Bubonic plague was caused by fleas and rats
Rats which came from ships from Asia
Pneumonic plague spread through coughing and sneezing

Question 3

How did the Black Death spread so quickly

Answer 3

Crowded towns or ports
People had no idea how contagious diseases spread
Thought it was spread through touch
Bodies weren’t disposed of quickly

Question 4

Black Death treatments

Answer 4

Lucky charms, amulets
Forgiveness from god
Rebalance the humours- bloodletting etc.
Whip yourself
Purifying air with herbs or flowers
Sit in a sewer because the bad air of sewer will drive off plague

Question 5

Black Death effects

Answer 5

1.5 million people in England
Killed 1/2 of Europe
Brought benefit too such as higher wages, lower prices more land leading to better standard of living

Question 6

GREAT PLAGUE 1665- BELIEVED CAUSES

Answer 6

GOD
PLANETS/ASTROLOGY
HUMOURS NOT BALANCED
MIASMA
CAUGHT FROM OTHER PEOPLE
PEOPLE LINKED DIRT WITH TOWNS THAT HAD PLAGUE

Question 7

GREAT PLAGUE 1665 TREATMENTS

Answer 7

LUCKY CHARMS
FORGIVENESS FROM GOD
WHIP YOURSELF
REBALANCE HUMOURS
HERBAL REMEDIES
FIRE LIT TO CLEANSE STREETS.BEDDING OF INFECTED PUT ON FIRES
SNIFF A SPONGE SOAKED IN VINEGAR

Question 8

Black Death 1348 Strategies

Answer 8

Houses boarded up
Infected put in ‘pest houses’
People ran away to other villages
City walls of London closed
Stray animals killed

Question 9

GREAT PLAGUE 1665 STRATEGIES

Answer 9

‘PEST HOUSES’ FOR SICK
TRADE BETWEEN TOWNS INFECTED STOPPED
CLOSURE OF PUBLIC PLACES
MOVE TO COUNTRYSIDE
HOUSES BOARDED UP

Question 10

GREAT PLAGUE 1665 CONSEQUENCES

Answer 10

KILLED 100,000 IN LONDON
NO POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES