The Black Death

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What were the large swellings on the body called?
Buboes
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What century did the Black Death arrive in Britain?
Fourteenth
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What was the type of plague carried by rats?
Bubonic
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What was it called to cut open a buboe?
Lancing
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What was the type of plague caught by breathing in germs?
Pneumonic
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Where was the Black Death believed to have started?
China
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What was the bacteria called that caused the Black Death?
Yersinia Pestis
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Which French/Swiss bacteriological discovered the causative agent in 1894?
Alexandre Yersin
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People saw the disease as a punishment from God. What did they do to atone their sins?
Flagellation
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What shape was the plague doctors' masks?
Beak
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What was the primary method of fighting off the plague?
Quarantine
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