The 16th century

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

The Black Death

The Black Death

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The Black Death 

• During the Middle Ages life expectancy was short and there was a high child mortality

• A bubonic plague kwown as the Black Death killed half of the European population.  

• The symptops inculded fever, headaches and the growth of large buboes. 

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average (see below) time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. 

Child mortality

Child mortality, refers to how many detahs of children under the age of five per 1000 people. 

Bubonic plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals.

So....

1. How did the plague spraid (if you lived in the middle ages)?
2. How did the plague really spraid?
3. How many people of the population died?
   

Do you know another name for the Bubonic plague?

How did it change society?