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During which century did the biggest outbreak of black plague take place?
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14th Century
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The world population did not reach its pre-plague levels again until which century?
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17th Century
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The plague is thought to have originated in central ____
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Asia
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Via which ancient trade route did the black plague travel to Europe?
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Silk Road
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Which insect, which lived on rats, is responsible for spreading the plague?
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Flea
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Another name for the Black Plague (1st alphabetically)
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Black Death
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Another name for the Black Plague (2nd alphabetically)
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Bubonic Plague
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In 1347, the Mongol army was laying siege to which Crimean port city when it hurled bodies dead from the plague over the city walls with the aim of infecting its inhabitants?
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Kaffa
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To which country did traders then spread the plague via ship?
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Italy
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What is the name for a swollen, inflamed lymph node in the armpit or groin that was caused by the plague?
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Bubo
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What is another name for the above?
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Gavocciolo
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The "Miasma Theory", the most widely accepted theory at the time, held that the black plague was caused by bad ___
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Air
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The king of which country blamed the conjunction of three planets in the heavens for causing the bad ___ above?
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France
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The idea of quarantine was established in which Croatian city in 1377 after continuing outbreaks?
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Dubrovnik
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What is the scientific name for the pathogen that caused the Black Plague?
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Yersinia pestis
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Another form of the plague, which affects the lungs, is called what?
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Pneumonic Plague
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The third, least common form of the plague, which causes purple skin patches and has a mortality rate of nearly 100%, is called what?
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Septicemic Plague
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Which artist brothers of Siena were victims of the plague?
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Lorinzetti
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There were many attacks against which ethnic group, which was often blamed for causing the plague?
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Jewish
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Which condition, the localized death and decomposition of body tissue, is also a common symptom of the plague?
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Gangrene
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The most recent large global outbreak of plague took place in which country from 1855-1959?
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China
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50 people died in 2006 during an outbreak of plague in which African country?
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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