Mapping the Black Death
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS/ LESSON 6.3CLOSERMAPPING THE BLACK DEATHUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Mapping the Black Death,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/1PurposeDeepen yourunderstanding of the causes and effects of the Black Death by creatinga causal map.This will allow you to see that causation is rarely linear.Process1.Follow these directions to complete the causal map on page2:•For each circle that’s a cause, write the letter “C” next to it. For consequences/effects, write the letter “E” next to those circles. •Now,fill in the empty cause and effect circlesand create new circles until you use all the causes and effects in the box below. Keep in mind that causes can lead to other causes, and effects can lead to other effects. Black Death causes and effects•Mongol rule created a period of peace allowing for increased trade •Increased and long-distance networks that started as far back as 6000 BCE.•Approximately 100 million people die•Initially, production and distribution decline•Lack of urban planning, which contributed to cities becoming dense, damp, and unsanitary•Lack of personal hygiene,including the washing of hands,helped spread the disease •Invention of larger ships and domestication of camels increased trade•The use of certain medical practices such as bloodletting, which helped the virus spread•Wages increase, and a new middle class emerges
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS/ LESSON 6.3CLOSERMAPPING THE BLACK DEATHUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Mapping the Black Death,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/2Spread of the Black DeathAbundance of disease-carrying rodents and fleasWarming of climate in the mid-fourteenthcenturyMongols created the largest land-based empireAbundance of disease-carrying rodents and fleas
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT/ LESSON 6.3CLOSERMAPPING THE BLACK DEATH2.What do you think is the most historically significant causeof the Black Death? Explain your response.3.What do you think is the most historically significant consequenceof the Black Death? Explain your response.