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Article – 1918 Flu Pandemic:
1.
How many people were killed by this pandemic disease?
2.
List the conditions that caused the ‘spread’ of the Influenza of 1918.
3.
What was the effect on the average lifespan on the US population in the
Year 1918-1919?
4.
Why was the 1 st wave of the influenza ‘ignored’ in the US in early 1918 and how did the 2 nd wave arrive in the US in Sept 1918 and where and how did it spread?
Article – Plagues in the Ancient World:
5.
When did the Athenian and Justinianic plagues occur and where & who did they happen to?
6.
What was the main way that the plague was ‘transmitted’ during the
Justinianic Plague?
7.
What were some the similarities of the plague in Athens versus the outbreak of plague in Constantinople as described by the Roman historian
Thucydides?

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Article – Plagues in the Ancient World:
8.
How were the corpses of victims disposed of during the Justinianic
Plague?
9.
What happened to the empire during the Justinianic plague (describe conditions, decaying infrastructure – taxes paid – farmland cultivated???)
10.
How did the Justinianic Plague help further the collapse of the Roman empire and why is it hard for historians to determine the mortality rate during this time?
Article: Death & Disease in Ancient Rome:
11. List some of the chief factors that contributed to high mortality rate
(deaths) during the peak of the Roman Empire? (100 – 200 AD)
12. How did the ‘lack’ of efficient sanitation contribute to the outbreak of disease in the Roman Empire?
13. When were the months this article notes that seemed to be the highest for infections and death?

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Article: Death & Disease in Ancient Rome-
14. Why did women in ancient Rome appear to have a higher mortality rate than the men?
15.What was the primary cause according to the article of infant mortality in
Rome during the period 100-200 AD?
16. What method of burial did the Romans prefer and why …also why did the bury the dead outside of the city walls?
Article: The Black Death in the Middle Ages-
17. What years did the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) effect Europe and how many people did it kill?
18. Who did most of the people ‘blame’ the spread of the Black Death on and why?
19. What caused the ‘spread’ of the Black Death- what was its vector (or carrier)? Is it a bacteria? If so – what is it called?
20. List some of the major symptoms of the Black Death: