Section: Social Studies

Question 124 of 124

124) The Bubonic Plague of the mid-fourteenth century was the most devastating natural disaster in European History. We now konw that this plague was caused by rats that were infected by bacteria-carrying fleas. The rats carried the disease as they were unknowingly transported with cargo ships through trade routes. A third of the entire population of Europe is thought to have been killed by this plague.

What caused the Bubonic Plague?

poor sanitation in crowded European cities.
a disease carried by sailors through trade routes.
a highly contagious virus spread by human contact.
rats that carried the disease through crowded cities.
fleas on rats that carried the deadly bacteria through trade routes.

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