Exam 14: The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Why did parts of some societies feel the need to "scapegoat" groups such as the Jews in the fourteenth century,while others did not? In what other ways did cultural responses to the plague vary?

Which of the following key resources for trade came from Southeast Asia?

Who were the "winners" and "losers" in the plague years (other than the immediate survivors and victims)?

The lives of Japanese women of aristocratic rank during the fourteenth century

Why do societies seek to record historical origins and how does the evidence of weather and disease help historians to create these histories? Consider in particular the effects of the little ice age and the plague.

What major effects did the climatic changes of the early fourteenth century have on the history of Eurasia?

How was West Africa affected by the plague?

Zen Buddhism became popular in Japan because of the influx of refugee monks and because

During the fourteenth century,people associated the causes of the plague with all of the following EXCEPT:

How were India and Southeast Asia affected by the plague?

Which of the following was NOT a popular religious reaction to the plague?