World History I- Mr. Marsh
Black Death (Bubonic Plague) & AIDS/HIV Web Quest
Answer the following questions by searching the sites listed below to better your
understanding of the impact of these diseases on human history.
Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/bdeath.html
1. When was the worst period of the Black Death?
2. How was the Black Death transmitted (all versions)?
3. What are the 3 forms of the plague?
4. What are the symptoms of the Bubonic plague? Mortality rate?
5. What are the symptoms of the Pneumonic plague? Mortality rate?
6. What are the symptoms of the septicemia plague? Mortality rate?
7. Where did the plague originate?
8. How did it get transmitted to Europeans?
9. Why did they carry it back to Europe?
10. What did people try to do to ward off the plague?
11. How did the plague affect the economy?
12. What did the church blame the plague on?
13. How many people died from 1347-1351?
14. What nursery rhyme came from the days of the Black Death? Explain what it
means.
AIDS/HIV
http://www.aegis.com/topics/timeline/default.asp
1. What is AIDS caused by?
2.
How is it transmitted?
3.
Where did AIDS come from?
4.
When did the first case appear?
5.
When did it first start appearing in the US?
6.
How many people are currently living with AIDS?
7.
How many people in the US are living with AIDS/HIV?
8.
How many have died from AIDS/HIV?