Black Death

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What is the Black Death?

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Infectious Disease

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How did the Black Death get to Europe?

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Ship and Silk road

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How did the Black Death spread?

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Bacteria carried by fleas

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What was the plagues impact on the population?

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Killed 1/3rd of population

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What was the shift in power?

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From Lords to Peasants

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How did the Bubonic Plague contribute to the decline of Feudalism?

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Desperate need for workers and now workers could demand more rights.

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Who got the Black Death?

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Anyone

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Which of the following was an outcome for peasants in Europe after the Black Death c. 1340 CE? Options: wages went down, more land was available and wages increased, social unrest decreased

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more land was available and wages increased

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How did the plague increase the power of the common people?

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It created a shortage of workers.

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Which group got blamed for the plague in some areas of Europe? Options: Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims

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Jews