INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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Now that humans have a better understanding of science, we know that the primary cause for the spread of the Bubonic Plague can be attributed to ____
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Fleas (often living on rats)
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Rats
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Non-Christians
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Birds
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The bubonic plague-named the Black Death by later historians-was caused by the yersinia pestis bacteria, which lived in rodent populations and was spread by fleas that had bitten infected animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -People most commonly acquire plague when they are bitten by a flea that is infected with the plague bacteria. People can also become infected from direct contact with infected tissues or fluids while handling an animal that is sick with or that has died from plague.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both are caused by Yersinia pestis, but they are transmitted differently and their symptoms differ. Pneumonic plague can be transmitted from person to person; bubonic plague cannot.
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