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Last Week's assignments are corrected and commented upon in powerschool. Students are encouraged to do the corrections for full marks or to do the assignments if not completed yet.
Questions below I will expect will take a few days to complete.
As talked about in class, just before classes ended because of the Covid Pandemic, disease has been a constant in our history.
It is not all gloomy though. The most fatal pandemic actually lead to an improved condition for the people at the end of the Middle Ages. Read this link and this link to get a better understanding of the Pestilence (Black Death). Some more also here
1. From your reading, why is the term Black Death now used for the Bubonic Plague?
1. From your reading, why is the term Black Death now used for the Bubonic Plague?
The tongue would turn black
2. Describe how years of good crops leading to population growth followed by two years of dismal crops would be a good condition for the plague to attack.
With the good crops, more people would be produced, making more people to feed, and more starvation for the disease to prey upon.
2. Describe how years of good crops leading to population growth followed by two years of dismal crops would be a good condition for the plague to attack.
With the good crops, more people would be produced, making more people to feed, and more starvation for the disease to prey upon.
3. How did increased trade lead to the spread of the plague? Sound familiar to how Covid has spread?
Diseased people spreading the disease around as they travel. A reason why travel restrictions have been put in place in Canada and around the World.
4. A) IMPORTANT-What happened to the worth of the Serfs after the plague decimated much of the population in the country side? People became more valuable, so the class of Serfs, who were considered pretty worthless, became valuable and moved up to peasant. The class of serfs ceased to be. B) Do you think our current pandemic will lead to an improved lifestyle for the average person?
5. A) How was urine and manure used in efforts to stop the plague? It was spread on the walls. B) Have some people had some unfounded beliefs in how to treat Covid-19 Yes, like swallowing bleach.
6. How did the above method actually probably help with the spread of Black Death? Rats would have loved this environment.
7. Why would people confess to causing the plague by poisoning wells and what punishment did the Christian majority bestow upon many of the Jewish faith? Confess because they are being tortured. They were often banished, having to travel to a new town, and potentially carrying the disease with them. Or they were killed.
8. Give a name that the plague was called during the Middle Ages. The Pestilence.
9. A) How were those that died used as weapons by the Tartars? Thrown over the wall with a catapult B) Presently, would purposefully not wearing a mask when close to others be a form of assault? Yes, you would on purpose put somebody in risk of catching a potentially deadly disease.
10.What percentage died from the Black Death and why would that number be hard to verify? 1/3 to 2/3. There wasn't a good system to keep track of the population and the death rate
11.Why did people think changing clothes would make you more likely to get the plague? It would show vanity and make God mad.
12.The plague had 3 forms, depending on how it is caught. If you had to have the plague back in the Middle Ages, which form would you prefer and why? Bubonic, not nearly as deadly.
Bubonic Plague-Most common, often from the bite of fleas or other infected animals. Often thought to be the version of the plague that decimated Europe in the Middle ages that we call The Black Death. Plague enters lymph nodes. Gangrene can set in on the extremities. Not as deadly as the other two versions.
Some claim that this nursery rhyme is from the Black Death. The claim doesn't stand up to scrutiny, but it does make for a good story.
4. A) IMPORTANT-What happened to the worth of the Serfs after the plague decimated much of the population in the country side? People became more valuable, so the class of Serfs, who were considered pretty worthless, became valuable and moved up to peasant. The class of serfs ceased to be. B) Do you think our current pandemic will lead to an improved lifestyle for the average person?
5. A) How was urine and manure used in efforts to stop the plague? It was spread on the walls. B) Have some people had some unfounded beliefs in how to treat Covid-19 Yes, like swallowing bleach.
6. How did the above method actually probably help with the spread of Black Death? Rats would have loved this environment.
7. Why would people confess to causing the plague by poisoning wells and what punishment did the Christian majority bestow upon many of the Jewish faith? Confess because they are being tortured. They were often banished, having to travel to a new town, and potentially carrying the disease with them. Or they were killed.
8. Give a name that the plague was called during the Middle Ages. The Pestilence.
9. A) How were those that died used as weapons by the Tartars? Thrown over the wall with a catapult B) Presently, would purposefully not wearing a mask when close to others be a form of assault? Yes, you would on purpose put somebody in risk of catching a potentially deadly disease.
10.What percentage died from the Black Death and why would that number be hard to verify? 1/3 to 2/3. There wasn't a good system to keep track of the population and the death rate
11.Why did people think changing clothes would make you more likely to get the plague? It would show vanity and make God mad.
12.The plague had 3 forms, depending on how it is caught. If you had to have the plague back in the Middle Ages, which form would you prefer and why? Bubonic, not nearly as deadly.
Bubonic Plague-Most common, often from the bite of fleas or other infected animals. Often thought to be the version of the plague that decimated Europe in the Middle ages that we call The Black Death. Plague enters lymph nodes. Gangrene can set in on the extremities. Not as deadly as the other two versions.
Septicaemia Plague-The infection enters the blood stream. Loss of clotting leads to black splotches on the skin. Death can be within a day.
Pneumonic Plague- The plague enters the lungs. The patients cough up blood. Very deadly, even today. Because this can easily transmit from person to person some argue this was version of the plague we call the Black Death. Read here more about that research on the spread of the Black Death.
Pneumonic Plague- The plague enters the lungs. The patients cough up blood. Very deadly, even today. Because this can easily transmit from person to person some argue this was version of the plague we call the Black Death. Read here more about that research on the spread of the Black Death.
Ring Around The Rosie, Is a little tiny bit creepy😂
ReplyDeleteYes, it gives me the heebe-jeebes.
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