Europe: The Black Death Crossword

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the type of plague that infected the lymph nodes was called the ____ plague

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bubonic

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the ____ era refers to the middle ages, or the period of western european history between the fall of rome and the renaissance

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medieval

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a ____ was a lowly farm worker considered to be part of the property of a great 14th-century estate

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serf

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In the 20th century, the disease known as ____, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, has reached epidemic proportions in some countries of the world

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AIDS

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Plague is most commonly transmitted by the ____ that live as parasites within rodent populations

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fleas

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the enlarged lymph nodes of bubonic plague victims are called ____

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buboes

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during plague times, more people lived on ____, which were the estates of lords, than lived in towns and cities

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manors

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the plague wouldn't have spread so rapidly across Europe if there hadn't been so many ____ living in people's houses

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rats

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the horrible symptoms of the black death are actually caused by organisms called ____, that today can be controlled with antibiotics

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bacteria

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while p,ague rages across Europe in the mid-14th century, England and France were engages in a conflict that was called the ____

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hundreds' years war

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during plague times, artwork was created showing a skeleton or demon leading people o their deaths in what was called the ____

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dance of death

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an English world meaning "having or caused by disease," that is derived from the latin word of "disease." is ____

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morbid

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the economic, social, and political organization of Europe during the mid-14th century century is most commonly referred to as ____

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feudalism

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religious fanatics who traveled about whipping themselves and preaching are called ____

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flagellants