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The people in your city are getting sick. You see that some of the people in your city have a lot of black spots. What do you think this is?

Agenda Video Notes Exit Quiz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjhQDnoCcY – stop at 1:04

QuestionsWhat was one method used to kill those

affected?What kind of affect do you think the Black

Death had on culture, economy, and politics?

The Black Death

The Black Death was also known as the bubonic plague.

The Bubonic plague was a contagious epidemic disease that was transmitted by fleas on rats.

Symptoms

This disease was very fatal.

The symptoms included chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.

Effects

EconomyMany financial businesses disrupted

because their owners were dying.The labor shortage was extremely

severe.Entire families were dying out and their

possessions were left with no heirs.

Effects

PopulationOne out of every

three people died (Europe’s population decreased by one-third).

Effects

CultureProfessors and teachers were dying.

Therefore, schools and universities closed and people stopped receiving education.

Priests and bishops were also dying and churches were abandoned.

Effects

PoliticsCity councils were ravaged.Local nobles and their families were

wiped out.Courts closed down and therefore wills

could not be probated.

Exit Quiz: Question 1

1) The Black Death is also known as the __________________.A. Bubonic PlagueB. Fatal PlagueC. Barbonic PlagueD. Rats Plague

Exit Quiz: Question 2

2) All of these are systems of the Black death EXCEPT:A. ChillsB. Ear AcheC. FeverD. Vomiting

Exit Quiz: Question 3

3) One out of every _________ people died during the Bubonic Plague.A. fiveB. fourC. threeD. two

Exit Quiz: Question 4

4) During the Bubonic Plague entire families died out and their possessions were left with no ____________.A. heirs B. hopeC. housesD. cleanliness

Exit Quiz: Question 5

5) During the Bubonic Plague, courts closed down and _____ could not be probated.A. taxesB. lettersC. willsD. fines