black death

Question 1

who passed on the plague

Answer 1

oriental rat fleas

Question 2

what is the most common plague

Answer 2

bubonic

Question 3

what are symptoms of bubonic

Answer 3

swelling of lymph node

Question 4

what does bubonic refer to

Answer 4

bubo or enlarged lymphatic gland

Question 5

what are symptoms of bubonic

Answer 5

headaches, nausea, aching joints, 101-105 fevers, vomiting, general feeling of illness

Question 6

could you survive bubonic

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

how long did symptoms take to show in bubonic

Answer 7

1-7 days

Question 8

explain the process of getting bubonic

Answer 8

flea gets bacteria in gut and purges it into human

Question 9

what is the airborne version of plague

Answer 9

pneumonic

Question 10

what level was the rarity

Answer 10

second most common

Question 11

could you survive pneumonic

Answer 11

slim chance of doing so

Question 12

what did pneumonic infect

Answer 12

lungs

Question 13

what are symptoms of pneumonic

Answer 13

slimy sputum tinted with blood

Question 14

what is saliva mixed with mucus exerted from the respiratory system

Answer 14

sputum

Question 15

what happened as pneumonic progressed

Answer 15

sputum became free flowing and bright red

Question 16

how long did symptoms take to appear for pneumonic

Answer 16

1-7 days

Question 17

what is the most rare and deadly form of plague

Answer 17

septicaemic

Question 18

what is septicaemic a form of

Answer 18

blood poisoning

Question 19

could you survive septicamic

Answer 19

most likely not as mortality rate was close to 100%

Question 20

is there a cure for septicaemic

Answer 20

no

Question 21

what were symptoms of septicaemic

Answer 21

high fever and skin turning deep shades of purple

Question 22

what did plague get name from

Answer 22

deep purple even black discoloration

Question 23

when did victims die in septicaemic

Answer 23

same day symptoms appeared

Question 24

how was bubonic and septicaemic transmitted

Answer 24

direct contact with flea

Question 25

how was pneumonic transmitted

Answer 25

airborne droplets of saliva coughed up by infected humans

Question 26

how was the plague spread

Answer 26

people fleeing to other cities

Question 27

how might have the plague stayed in europe

Answer 27

plague staying in one city

Question 28

where did the plague originate from which group spread the plague

Answer 28

Asia | Mongols

Question 29

who quoted people ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise

Answer 29

Boccaccio

Question 30

how many people died from the plague in how many years

Answer 30

25 million under 5 years

Question 31

what was the span of the plague

Answer 31

1347-1352

Question 32

when did the plague seem to dissapear

Answer 32

winter

Question 33

why did the plague disappear in winter

Answer 33

fleas are dormant in winter

Question 34

what was hit the hardest from plague

Answer 34

economy

Question 35

who benefit the most after plague and who the least

Answer 35

artisans | rich

Question 36

did the peasants get more say from the plague

Answer 36

yes

Question 37

what else suffered besides the economy

Answer 37

church

Question 38

what was symbolically used in plague art

Answer 38

skeleton

Question 39

how many years did it take to make the population equal pre-plague figures

Answer 39

400 years

Question 40

the economic structure of the ... wealth shifted

Answer 40

land based

Question 41

what grew while this decreased

Answer 41

small towns and cities | manors

Question 42

who was pope in 1305

Answer 42

Clement 5

Question 43

what did Clement do

Answer 43

move capital from Rome to Avignon

Question 44

which Englishman challenged the papacy

Answer 44

John Wycliffe

Question 45

what were religious fanatics who whipped themselves

Answer 45

flagellants

Question 46

who was pope during plague

Answer 46

Clement 6

Question 47

Where did the plague arrive at

Answer 47

Sicily port of Messina

Question 48

Where is Avignon

Answer 48

France