What is the Black Death?, A major pandemic that spread across Europe in the 1300s, A war between European kingdoms, A type of medieval celebration, Name one type of plague., Bubonic plague, Solar plague, Arctic plague, What causes the Black Death ?, A virus from animals only in winter, A type of fungal infection from food, The bacterium Yersinia pestis, How many people died approximately?, Around 5 million people, Around 50 million people, Around 500 thousand people, Why did doctors wear bird-like masks?, To filter bad air and hold herbs they thought protected them, To hide their identity from patients, To show they were part of a royal group, What changed in Europe after the Black Death ?, People stopped all farming permanently, Major social and economic changes , including higher wages for workers, All cities were rebuilt overnight, Name one reason why the plague spread so quickly ., Trade routes and infected rats on ships, Air travel between countries, Social media sharing, Fleas helped spread the plague by biting infected rats and transferring the bacteria to humans., True, False, Why were rats common in spreading the disease ?, They were used to test medicine, They only lived in forests far away from people, They traveled on ships and carried infected fleas, What is the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague?, Bubonic affects lymph nodes, pneumonic affects the lungs, Bubonic spreads through plants, pneumonic through water, Bubonic is mild , pneumonic is not contagious

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