It was a plague that caused lots of deaths in Europe
Question 2
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Where and when did the Black Death start?
Answer
America, 1300
Asia, 1320
Africa, 1340
America,1340
Asia, 1340
Asia 1300
Question 3
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When did the Black Death reach England?
Answer
1340
1305
1350
1348
1346
Question 4
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What did medieval people believe the plague could be cured by?
Answer
staying in bed
leeches
drink lots of alcohol
use herbs to freshen the air
flagellation
cutting open buboes
Question 5
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how do we believe the plague got to England?
Answer
People from other countries who were sick arrived on boats and passed on their germs
Silks were traded from other countries and they were infected with the plague
Black rats on board boats from other countries were carrying fleas which in turn were carrying bacteria. Fleas bit humans and passed on the infections.
Rats had the plague and brought it with them when they left the boats arriving in England
Question 6
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Where were the people who died from the Plague buried?