Conditions Encouraging the Black Death

Question 1

how bad was it?

Answer 1

• comes from the east (China?)
• trade ship ported in Italy
• 1/3-1/2 of the total population of Europe died

Question 2

what they knew

Answer 2

• spread, but no one knew how

- moves through a population quickly

Question 3

no one is immune

Answer 3

• gets everyone: men, women, old, young, rich, poor
• seems to spread more quickly in the city
• painful, horrible death