Black Death SS Quiz Study Guide

What was the crisis of the 14th century

Great famine caused by cow virus and the spread of the Black Death

What pathogen causes the plague

Yersinia pestis

What animals transfer plague to human

Mainly fleas and small animals

The three types of plague (symptoms, prognosis)

Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic

Symptoms: Sudden onset of fever, chills, head and body aches, and weakness, vomiting and nausea

Prognosis: Death

When the Black Death happened

1346

Where the Black Death happened

Started in asia

Started in Messina, ended in Moscow. Flow: went through Europe then into russia

Primary sources on the Black Death

Report of the Paris Medical Faculty

Report of Ibn al-Wardi

Florentine Chronicle

Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron

Understandings of the causes of the Black Death

The bacterium Yersinia pestis biting small mammals, infecting them then spreading it to humans

Responses to the Black Death

Fled city’s, blamed others, looked for religious explanations and looked for natural remedies but to no avail.

Impact of the Black Death

The Black Death led to significant population decline, economic disruption, and social upheaval in Europe, altering labor dynamics and contributing to the end of feudalism.