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Do Now. What would you do if you thought the world was going to end? Would you take any actions? Would you try to prevent it? What would be your mindset, if you thought the end was near?. Bubonic Plague. Followed trade routes Killed as many as 200 million people

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  1. Do Now • What would you do if you thought the world was going to end? Would you take any actions? Would you try to prevent it? What would be your mindset, if you thought the end was near?

  2. Bubonic Plague • Followed trade routes • Killed as many as 200 million people • Wiped out 33-50% of Europe’s population • Crowded cities hit the worst • Started in SouthernItaly • Followed all the way up to England in 2 years • Russia in 4 years

  3. Symptoms of Plague • Growth of large tumors, sometimes as big as an apple, that bled and oozed pus when they broke open. • Followed by fever and vomiting of blood.

  4. How did it spread? • Spread by rats • Carried fleas that had deadly bacteria

  5. Reasons for spread of Plague • Crowded living conditions • Poor disposal of bodies • No system for garbage/sanitation • No running water • People don’t take regular baths • The poor care for their sick • Directly exposed to the sickness

  6. What was the impact? • Belief in religion lessens • God sent it as punishment • Devil caused it • Priests and clergy alsogetting sick • Lack of faith in priests • Inner prayer becomes popular

  7. …Impacts… • Persecution of Jews • Believed that theJews were poisoning water wells. • Anti-Semitism grows

  8. …Impacts… • Rise of wage labor • Price of labor rises • Shortages of workers

  9. …Impacts… • Deflation • Lowered population meanslower demand for food. • Falling prices

  10. …Impacts… • Decline of serfdom • Serfs paid rent insteadof providing services • Weakened feudalism

  11. Black Plague • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJfVmGQNM5Y • Black Plague Short Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZy6XilXDZQ • Black Plague Music Video

  12. Exit Ticket • In what ways did the Black Plague lead to the decline in the followers and the belief in Christianity?

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