BLACK DEATH

 

Go to http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html.

1. Where did the plague originate?________________-
2. What are the symptoms of the disease?___________________________________________

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3. How did it get the name bubonic plague?______________________________________
4. Why was it called the Black death?__________________________________
5. What was the date?_____________________
6. How did it get to Europe?______________________________________________________
7. How far north did it spread?___________________________________________
8. Why did it seem to die back in winter?________________________________________________
9. In 5 years, how many people died? _______________ What  % was that?_____________
10. List 5 results of the plague on Medieval life

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VARIOUS CAUSES & CURES WERE TRIED

Go to http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/BlackDeath2.html.  What did these monks believe to be the cause and how did they try to solve the problem?   Draw a picture to go with your explanation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What causes are given in http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Blackdeath1.html

 

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What are the different responses of people to the plague?

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What are the recommended methods of treatment?

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b.                                                                                                                                           d.

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Read the account of the plague in London. http://www.britainexpress.com/History/plague.htm  List 10 things that happened in the city during or as a result  of the plague.

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The plague today.  Go to http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic428.htm . Scroll down until you see Frequency.

1. How many cases of plague are found in the US each year?___________________
2. How many internationally?_______________________
3. What are the 3 types of plague and how deadly are they?
1.   _________________     ________________
2. __________________      ________________
3.   __________________    ______________________________________________

4.  What age and sex are most of the victims?__________      _______________

Click on pictures at the bottom of the page.  Scroll down through the 10 pictures.  You cannot enlarge them because we do not have the rights to it.  Also look at photos on http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/Black.html  &  List some of the symptoms you see.

 

 

Go to this site http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic548.htm and scroll rapidly down until you see Signs & Symptoms, then look for the explanation for the nursery rhyme about Ring around the rosy.  List what each part of the rhyme refers to.   There is some question whether this is really what it does refer to, but since it is often quoted as such, I put it here for you.

                Ring around the rosy

                Pocket full of posies

                Ashes, ashes

                We all fall down