Black Death

What is the Black Death?

• Virus

• Strong Common Cold

• Infectious Disease

• Cut

What are symtpoms of the Black Death?

• Fever

• Chills

• Vomitting

• Buboes

Where did it come from?

• Africa

• North America

• Europe

• Central Asia

How did the Black Death get to Europe?

• Car and train

• Ship and Silk road

• Mail and Air

• Buggies and Mile runs

Why did the Bubonic Plague happen?

• Dirty conditions

• Jews & Lepers

• Planets & Stars

• Rotten meat

How did the Black Death spread?

• Bacteria carried by fleas

• Jews poisoning drinking water

• Lepers open wounds

• Position of planets

People didn't understand bacteria yet, so what or who did they blame for the Black Death?

• Position of planets

• Europeans

• Jews

• Fish in rivers

What was the plagues impact on the population?

• Doubled the population

• Killed 1/3rd of population

• Did not do anything to population

• Wiped out Central Asia

What was the shift in power?

• From Monarchs to Knights

• From Peasants to Monarchs

• From Knights to Lords

• From Lords to Peasants

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

• Killed off everyone in the Feudal system

• Gave more power to the clergy allowing them to gain more land and taxes

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

• Stopped all legal reforms which gave power back to its original owners