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Review the Black Death vocabulary words.
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The hygienic disposal of sewage and solid waste.
Epidemic
Sanitation
Sanitarium
Epidermis
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Common method of curing the Black Death, however it was totally ineffectual.
Eye gouging
Nail clipping
Bathing in milk
Bloodletting
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A plague could be three of the following answers. Choose one.
Infectious disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
An epidemic disease that causes high mortality (death).
A disease with fever, transmitted to humans by fleas on rats
Also known as plaque.
4
During the ...X... of Caffa, they threw corpses (rotting with Black Death) over the city walls.
Siege
Homage
Excommunication
Indulgence
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Which of the following does NOT describe a
rodent?
Rats carried infected fleas, which spread the Black Death
Including the mice, squirrels, beavers, rates etc.
Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia.
Gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia,
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The ...x... of medieval Europeans was very poor. This helped spread the Black Death.
Education
Religious knowledge
Medical knowledge
Hygiene
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Many peasants and serfs suffered from this during the Middle Ages.
Education
Prosperity
Malnutrition
Obesity
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Dead bodies that littered the streets.
Corpuscle
Cords
Corpses
Corals
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What was an apothecary? Two correct answers.
Similar to a modern day pharmacist.
A buyer of fruit and vegetabes
Similar to modern day librarian.
A seller of spices and drugs
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People who thought whipping themselves would protect their bodies from the Black Death.
Peasant
Knight
Flagellant
Troubadour
