What Made the Black Death So Deadly?

2. In October of 1347, 12 ships dropped anchor at a _____ port.
4. The Bubonic Plague wiped out at least a _____ of the European population.
5. What was there a shortage of throughout the continent?
6. What type of photography allowed for the discovery of towns abandoned during the Black Death?
7. What else was decimated by the disease besides humans?
10. What surrounds the newest evidence for the cause of the plague?
11. What type of fleas and lice did some scientists suggest were the true culprits?
15. The Black Death was by all accounts _____ when it first appeared.
17. What was one of the risks of death from boil-lancing?
18. Rumors reached Europe that a sickness was first devastating the population of what country?
20. What did someone need to come in physical contact with in order to pass the disease from one person to another?
21. What three things did historical figures believe that the body needed to have in the right balance in order to be healthy? Blood, bile, and _____.
23. As methods of disease transmission were not well understood at the time, most were helpless to _____ against the disease.
24. There was no mention of a _____ rat die-off in the days or months preceding the Black Death in Europe.

1. Many in the _____ field argue that the urban rat was by far the worst contributor.
3. Which Italian city saw a death rate of 90%?
8. The bacterium behind the Black Death is highly _____.
9. What was one area that remained plague-free?
12. What did the plague seem to follow that allowed for it to be so wide spread?
13. The _____ nodes would begin to swell in those struck by the Black Death.
14. What medical procedure may have contributed to the death toll of the Black Death?
16. The Black Death was considered to be one of the greatest _____ in history?
19. What was discovered in England when the mass graves were exhumed?
22. Rats thrived in the dark and _____ environment of ships.