Black death
Across
- 2. the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.
- 3. the counrty where the black death hit the hardest
- 6. a severe epidemic of plague especially bubonic plague that occurred in Asia and Europe in the 14th century
- 7. a small wingless jumping insect which feeds on the blood of mammals and birds. It sometimes transmits diseases through its bite, including plague and myxomatosis
- 8. the process of infecting or the state of being infected
- 11. a network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1,400 years
- 12. it rapidly _______ through europe
- 13. a symptom of bubonic plague and occur as painful swellings in the thighs, neck, groin or armpits
- 14. used snakes and chickens as a _______
Down
- 1. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague )
- 4. physician contracted by a government to tend to patients infected with plague during an epidemic, especially the plagues in Europe in the Middle Ages
- 5. a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases
- 6. causing or characterized by swollen inflamed lymph nodes in the armpit or groin
- 9. where it originated from
- 10. when the black death took place