The Black death!

The plague came from China via the Silk Road and trade ships

• True

• false

Christians blamed Jewish people for the plague and thought they poisoned the drinking water

• True

• False

The plague was carried by infected fleas that traveled on rats

• True

• False

The Crusades broke the feudal system

• True

• False

Nine total Crusades are launched, however Christians only win the first

• False

• True

The plague was actually called the Pestilence

• False

• True

3 types of plague are Bubonic, pneumonic and Septicemic

• True

• False

It was called “Black Death” due to the symptoms

• True

• False

When does the plague hit Europe?

• 1347

• 1304

• 1300

• 1447

Why is it called the black plague?

• Only white animals die from it

• Only black cats die from it

• Peoples blood goes black from internal bleeding

• Your head turns black as an effect