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Bubonic Plague Questions
1. What was the cause of the Bubonic Plague?
2. Where did it spread first? Later?
3. Why was China a huge factor in the spread of the Plague?
4. What happened in October 1347?
5. What was the Bubonic Plague called “The Black Death”?
6. Why did the disease become less common in the winter?
7. How many people died? In a span of how many years?
8. When did the disease disappear?
9. What happened to medieval society after the Plague?
10. What did people think about the Church after the Plague?
11. What happened to the labor supply? Why?
12. Why did Feudalism begin to decline?
13. What are the two reasons why trade was disrupted?
14. How long would it take for someone to die from the Plague?
15. What was the mortality rate?
16. What were some medieval cures for the Plague? Did they work?
17. What are the differences between the Pneumonic Plague and the Bubonic Plague?
18. Can you still get the Bubonic Plague today?