What disease caused the Black Death in the 14th Century?

Correct answer: Plague

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GloatingTreant705
GloatingTreant705
plague is just another name for virulent disease. The question is basically asking "What kind of disease killed all those people?" and providing "disease" as the answer. Bad Question.
whatchu talkin bout
whatchu talkin bout
plague is a very vague term. the answer is bubonic plague.
BabiKat
BabiKat
the humans killed themselves when they murdered the cats that once ate the rats that carried the fleas that carried the disease...
Toots
Toots
BabiKat, The killing of the cats was by decree of the Pope, I believe it was Pope Gregory, due to concerns about witchcraft. The lack of cats,to control the rats occurred as a result.
Gio
Gio
The Black Death was the name given to Bubonic Plague at the time. The plague didn’t cause it, it WAS it !
Timbo
Timbo
Poor question. That's like asking what was the first automobile and the answer is "car".
AnonymousDog10027
AnonymousDog10027
GloatingTreant705, I've always heard it was. particular disease called Bubonic Plague
Player Elf Council
Player Elf Council
SQinfoNUTS, Ring a ring of roses, a pocketful of posies. Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down. Tells you what the symptoms were. A rash and sneezing.
Domatronium
Domatronium
johnnyzoom7, i don't think thats a good idea, if we reset then we go back to a more savage and unacepting time, imagine the thousands of years of free thinking people creating and elevating humanity and you wish to just eradicate that. if the plague you wish for came it probably wouldn't wipe away the 'evil' just the hard working people and the impovrished. not the wealthy, or many other evil entities that lurk in the shadows. such a closed minded thought process.
Player #12220447
Player #12220447
Player Elf Council, I always thought it was’ ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Ashes referring to funeral pyres. Pocket full of posey was a reference to flowers used to perfume the overwhelming-stench of decomposition.
Snowie queen 👑☺️
Snowie queen 👑☺️
BabiKat, 😂😅
Cece
Cece
As I was reading this I was thinking of the mosquitoes and the dengue fever that we’re all getting on the East Coast presently gold
Bindi
Bindi
BabiKat, and the beat goes on....
Fariha Amir Hussain
Fariha Amir Hussain
Bubonic plague in Europe killed people between 1347 and 1351.
muffin
muffin
my understanding is that the government was aware of this, just like they gave all those blankets to the Indians, and knew that it would kill them.that was their purpose , to kill ,so the could get their land, to depopulate ,and take control. they knew when the pan demic was going to happen they blamed it on China, researchers already knew. government didn't want it to leak out so fast , to draw a panic quickly, watch more T.V. ,LIKE MOVIES. IT TELLS YOU IN THE MOVIES BEFOR IT HAPPENS, we as a government need to step up and to protect the public / people. in our health care system .they tried to make it hard for us to have insurance 😪 it's so sad.
MeMeMeMeee
MeMeMeMeee
Bad question. PLAGUE was the disease?!? There are many forms of plague. The pneumonic plague? Septicemic plague? Plague of locusts? And…. the correct answer BUBONIC plague.
Talia
Talia
Plague is not a name of a disease, this question needs to be reworded
Player #134406949
Player #134406949
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Duchess
Duchess
Player #12220447, That's what I was taught too.
Duchess
Duchess
Player Elf Council, since most couldn't read at the time, alot of lessons were taught by what we dismiss as nursery rhymes. Mary had a Little Lamb is an example of teaching the birth of Christ at a time when Catholics were persecuted.
Ojaswi tyagi
Ojaswi tyagi
Miss Ma’am, Totally Agree
Ojaswi tyagi
Ojaswi tyagi
ohffs, you are wrong
Vee
Vee
Player #32567393, Follow any myth you choose, all organized religion creates fanatical nuts.
Vee
Vee
Player #12220447, it's a wives' tale that this old rhyme refers to the plague. Look it up-- that connection is false.
Sloth Baby
Sloth Baby
I spelt it wrong LoL
😱
😱
Silvercat, dum
Bella Williams
Bella Williams
BabiKat, that rhyme is good if you were trying to make one
ohffs
ohffs
poorly worded question
Shay
Shay
thiiis is a poorly worded question
Vaneric
Vaneric
GloatingTreant705, that means they don't know what caused the Black Death ☠️ or won't tell 🤔
flr
flr
recent research also indicates that it was spread by lice also.
Arun S
Arun S
Micheal Crichton's Timeline helped me
Landi
Landi
Bubonic plague would be an better answer as plague could be anything like locusts for instance.
Ms Yoon
Ms Yoon
the answer would be -the ships came with the rats which carried the bubonic plague
Sallum
Sallum
The answer is totally wrong. The correct answer should be Bubonic Plague
Miss Ma’am
Miss Ma’am
GloatingTreant705, Totally agree
Player #66817220
Player #66817220
SaltyWinch, the "beaks" on plague doctors' masks were filled with flowers to protect the wearers from the "bad air".
Player #66817220
Player #66817220
Player BARTEMAEUS 10, and the subject of the movie "Panic in the Streets".
Player #62752956
Player #62752956
GloatingTreant705, while it has a more generic meaning now as a noun and verb, Plague is also specifically an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
jhenevie💋
jhenevie💋
GloatingTreant705, i totally agree. I got it right coz i studied and read nursing like microbiology