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Which TWO of the following statements about the Black Death are correct?
- ○It mainly affected the nobility and left peasants largely unharmed
- ✓It arrived in England from mainland Europe
- ○It had no lasting economic impact on medieval society
- ✓It was caused by a plague spread by fleas on rats
Correct answer
It arrived in England from mainland Europe, It was caused by a plague spread by fleas on rats
The Black Death was a bubonic plague spread by fleas on rats, and it reached England from mainland Europe in 1348, devastating the population.
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