What Made The Black Death (The Plague) so Deadly?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5q-PIN3KSE)
As you view the clip answer the questions below.
1. In what year did 12 infected ships drop anchor in Scilly? ___________________________
2. In which country is it suggested that the Black Death first began? __________________________
3. What physical signs in the body alerted people to infection? ______________________________
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4. What is the estimated death toll in Europe due to the Black Death? ________________________
5. What was the estimated death toll world-wide? ________________________________________
6. What was the world population prior to the outbreak of the Black Death? ___________________
7. What was the most likely animal vector in urban areas that helped spread the disease?
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8. What is “rat falls”? ________________________________________________________________
9. What geographical pattern did the plague follow as it spread throughout Europe and the rest of
the world? _______________________________________________________________________
10. What other cause of death may have contributed to so many fatalities during the plague?
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11. What percentage of the population had a gene that offered some form of immunity to the Black
Death? ___________________________________________________
12.
True or False – The plague is still around today.