finals FRQ: plague

Question 1

origin of plague

Answer 1

asia

Question 2

bubonic plague

Answer 2

• killed 1/3 of population of europe
  
  • struck parts of asia, north africa, and europe
  • ripped apart the fabric of society

Question 3

where did itspread

Answer 3

fleet of genoese merchant ships arrived in sicily carrying plague, swept through italy, spain, france, germany, england, other part of europe and north africa

Question 4

together (plague)

Answer 4

killed almost 25 million europens and many more millions in asia and north africa

Question 5

effects of plague

Answer 5

town population fell

- trade  declined, prices rose
- serfs left manor in search of better wages
- nobles fiercebly resisted peasant demands for higher wages, causing peasant revolts in england, france, italy and belgium
- jews were blamed for bringing plauge (driven from homes and massacred)
- church suffered a loss of prestige when prayers failed to stop, priests abandonded duties

Question 6

how it spread

Answer 6

black rats carried fleas that were infected with bacillus, people didn’t bathe, almost everyone had fleas an lice, people through garbage and sewage into streets, became breeding grounds for more rats, fleas carried by rats leapt from person to person,

Question 7

bubonic plague

Answer 7

• killed 1/3 of population of europe
  
  • struck parts of asia, north africa, and europe
  • ripped apart the fabric of society

Question 8

where did itspread

Answer 8

fleet of genoese merchant ships arrived in sicily carrying plague, swept through italy, spain, france, germany, england, other part of europe and north africa

Question 9

together (plague)

Answer 9

killed almost 25 million europens and many more millions in asia and north africa

Question 10

effects of plague

Answer 10

town population fell

- trade  declined, prices rose
- serfs left manor in search of better wages
- nobles fiercebly resisted peasant demands for higher wages, causing peasant revolts in england, france, italy and belgium
- jews were blamed for bringing plauge (driven from homes and massacred)
- church suffered a loss of prestige when prayers failed to stop, priests abandonded duties

Question 11

how it spread

Answer 11

black rats carried fleas that were infected with bacillus, people didn’t bathe, almost everyone had fleas an lice, people through garbage and sewage into streets, became breeding grounds for more rats, fleas carried by rats leapt from person to person,