| Question | Answer |
| Caffa | Ancient port city on the Black Sea, believed the port from where the Bubonic Plague that devastated originated. Today, it is called Feodosiya in the Ukraine. |
| Plague | A destructive disease causing a high rate of mortality. |
| Pestilence | A contagious or infectious disease that is devastating. |
| Epidemic | A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease that affects a large portion of the population. |
| Bubo | An inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland, especially in the groin. |
| Flagellant | A person who whips him/herself to seek penance. |
| Anti-Semitism | Hatred, hostility, or discrimination of people of Jewish descent. |
| Bubonic Plague | "Black Death"; a deadly disease carried by fleas on rodents that devastated the population of Europe in the mid-14th century. |
| Penitence | Sorrow for sins, wrongdoings, or faults. |
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on 2009-01-04