Mapping the Black Death

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Across
  1. 2. Cold winter temperatures slowed the spread because ____________________ could not survive bitter temperatures.
  2. 4. The ruler of modern-day ______ temporarily stopped the plague by refusing to trade with Christians.
  3. 6. _______ routes were faster than land routes
  4. 7. The Black Death touched almost every area in Europe, much of Asia, and parts of ________
  5. 9. The area between Spain and France that was largely untouched was the ________ Mountains
  6. 10. Iceland and Finland were spared partly because of their location and small
  7. 11. Sometimes “ghost ships” floated into European harbors after the entire ____________________ had fallen victim to the Black Death.
Down
  1. 1. The city of Milan was partly spared because _______ locked the first victims inside their homes.
  2. 3. Remote lands beyond trade routes often had a simple ____________________ lifestyle
  3. 5. The plague spread to the West along ____________________ routes
  4. 6. _______ helped the plague spread because disease moved easily in a confined spacePyrenees The area between Spain and France that was largely untouched was the ________ Mountains
  5. 8. The Italian trade hubs of _____________ and Genoa quickly succumbed to the plague