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

The term Bubonic refers to the plague symptom of

In his relations with his largely Hindu subjects, the Muslim Ibn Tughluq

One area that became increasingly affluent and prosperous during the fourteenth century was

What areas were outside of the zone affected by these changes, and what benefits did their relative isolation provide them?

Outbreaks of plague affected

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

What is the most likely identification of the "plague" that devastated Eurasia in the fourteenth century? Explain the nature of the available evidence and how that evidence was used to reach the most convincing conclusion.

Which of the following is NOT a form of evidence for climate change?

Why were Pacific societies unaffected by the plague and what new developments took place in the Pacific Ocean region during this period?

The building of the statues on Easter Island

Compare the moral and social effects of the plague on European and Muslim societies.

How did Ibn Battuta describe the court of Sultan Muhammad Ibn Tughluq?

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

As a result of the climatic changes during the early fourteenth century,

Compare and contrast the effects of fourteenth century climate change in Europe and the Americas.

How was West Africa affected by the plague?

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.

The cooling trend in the fourteenth century first began in

Why is it unlikely that the frequent epidemics in China between the 1320s and 1360s were the bubonic plague familiar to modern medicine?

In China, the rise of the idea of a new Buddha who would inaugurate a golden age and give power to his followers led to