1. Plague & War

2. Warm Up Question (April 18)
Have you ever had the flu? What is the flu? Explain.
Come up with 3 things that you could do to protect yourself from getting the flu.

3. Deadly Epidemics Typhus in the 1600’s- 10 million lives
AIDS – 25 million people
Malaria – 100,000 Americans died from World War 1 & World War 2
Smallpox – Killed nearly 90 million Native Americans dating back to the 1500s
Spanish Flu of 1918 – Killed between 50 to 100 million people
Tuberculosis (TB) – Affects 8 million people per year

4. BLACK DEATH
A highly contagious bacteria that attacks the immune system
The first sign of the plague began in the year 1347
1 out of 3 people died from it

5. PLAGUE SPREADS Disease was spread by fleas carried by rats.
The disease became an epidemic: Outbreak of rapid spreading disease
50 million people died from it

6. Life and the Economy Breaks Down
Thought God was punishing them
Fled cities or hid in their homes
Jews were blamed
Production declines, prices continue to rise. (Inflation)
Leads to peasant revolts

7. Church Looks Weak Priests and monks were dying
Church was unable to provide answers
There was a schism, split in the church
People who questioned the Church were called heretics and were arrested or killed

8. The Hundred Years War
England and France fought over lands in France
English won early victories because they had better weapons (Longbow)

9. Joan of Arc 17 year old peasant woman sent by God to save France
led France to several victories
Was captured & burned at the stake for witchcraft
Considered a martyr

10. Results French use the canon and win the war
Nationalism spreads in France
French kings expand their rule
English rulers lose power to Parliament
Feudalism declines (need large armies)
Knights and armor go away
Sets the stage for the Renaissance

11. Exit Ticket
Explain how the Black Death affected Europe’s economy. Provide 2 reasons.
Explain how the Black Death impacted the Church. (Was it positive or negative) Why?