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The Black Death

Use these games to revise your work on the origins and features of the Black Death.

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Caffa is the key port in this regionCrimea
This town was beseiged by Mongols in 1346 - with terrible resultsCaffa
Name of the tribe that beseiged CaffaKipchals
Another name for the Y.Pestis infectionPasteurella Pestis
The historian who thought up the "trade route" theory of the spread of the Black DeathMcNeill
A drought may have caused a serious ecological imbalance in this part of central AsiaLake Issyk-kul
Merchants from this city inadvertently helped spread the Balck Death to Europe from the CrimeaGenoa
The first part of Italy to be infected by the Black DeathMessina
This author vividly described the impact of the Black Death on FlorencePetrarch
This rodent played a major part in spreading the Black Deathrattus rattus
Why do marmots, susliks and squirrels have in common?They all are animals that burrow and can spread the Black Death
He was head of the Church at the time of the Black DeathPope Clement VI
During the height of the Black Death the pope fled for safety to ...?Avignon
This variety of the plague features dark purplish blotches and pus-filled buboesbubonic plague
This variety of the plague features respiratory difficultiespneumonic plague
This variety of the plague is usually 100% fatal within 12 - 24 hourssepticaemic plague
In what year did the Black Death attack Western Europe1347
The position of sun,stars, moon,planets and earh in was often regarded as a cause of great natural disasters.What is the name given to this idea?astrological theory
Quarantines were first used as a preventive measure in the city of ?Venice
This city used complicated ordinances (rules & regulations) to try to prevent the Black Death from entering the cityPistoia

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