Social Studies MIddle Ages and More Flashcards
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How many variations of the Black Plague
Three
Describe the Pneumonic Plague
Affects the lungs and respiratory system, is transmitted from being where an affected person coughed. THE MOST INFECTOUS
Describe the Septimetic Plague
Affects the circulatory system and bloodstream. Systems can be turning skin black
Describe the Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague was a deadly epidemic plague that originated from Asia. The plague started spreading from rats that were infected by fleas that carried the plague. The rats transmitted the disease to humans. The Bubonic Plague affects the lymphatic system and gives swollen lymph nodes. The Plague is deadly and caused the decline of feudalism.
Three cities captured by the Christian Crusaders in 1st crusade
Antioch, NIcaea, Jerusalem. (Capturing Jerusalem was the point of the first crusade)
Where did the christian crusaders all meet up and who emperored
Constantinople and Emperor Alexis
What were Black Plague doctors called?
Medical Physician
Were animals affected (killed) by the plague?
No
Who was persecuted as a result of the black death?
Jews and Lepors
Roles of the church during medieval times:
Providing leadership, center of religion, being landholder, deciding who went to heaven
Who really had the most power?
The Church
True or False: The Church was less influential than the King/Queen
False
What caused the decline of Feudalism?
The Black Plague:
What was the purpose of Feudalism?
To provide people with protection and establishing a stable social order
Feudalism is a system that put people in a specific
social class
Social order of Feudalism:
Monarch
Lords/Nobles
Knights/Vassals
Peasants/Serfs
Symptoms of bubonic plague:
fever, swollen lymph nodes, sores in armpits and crotch, swollen tongue, sweating
the pneumoic plague is the most infectous? true or false
true
How did the plague affect the working class?
Made workers more valuable
How did the plague affect peasants and serfs that built and sold things?
They could charge more
What percentage of Europeans died from the plague and how many died
1/3 and 50 million
Was quarante invented during middle ages
yes
What did they try to treat plague with?
Bloodletting and Urine baths
what started plague
infected rats/fleas