"Not such were they as in the East, where an issue of blood from the nose was a manifest sign of inevitable death; but in men an
d women alike it first betrayed itself by the emergence of certain tumors in the groin or the armpits, some of which grew as large as a common apple, others as an egg, some more, some less, which the common folk called gavoccioli. From the two said parts of the body this deadly gavocciolo soon began to propagate and spread.....making their appearance in many cases on the arm or the thigh or elsewhere, now few and large, then minute and numerous." - a quote about the "Black Death" from Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian living in Europe in the 1300s
Which of these is NOT true of the spread of the Bubonic Plague described in Boccaccio's quote?
A)
Trade and travel decreased in the 1400s in Europe because so many people were scared of contracting this deadly disease.
B)
Many Europeans believed that the spread of the Bubonic Plague was caused because of God's wrath on the sins of mankind.
C)
The rule of the Mongols helped to spread the Bubonic Plague by make travel along the Silk Roads safer and more effective.
D)
The plague killed millions as merchants unwittingly brought it with them from European town to European town as they traveled.
There were also things that put the South at a disadvantage. One of the main weaknesses was their economy. They did not have factories like those in the North. They could not quickly make guns and other supplies that were needed.
