Which of the following is NOT a reason the plague (Black Death) was able to spread in cities?

People carried the fleas to infect each other as they traded goods and services.

The dirty streets provided a food source for rats, which carried the plague.

Cats were revered, and each family had several of them to eat rats around the house.

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Arjun Pearson

31 July, 23:44

Which of the following is NOT a reason the plague (Black Death) was able to spread in cities?

People carried the fleas to infect each other as they traded goods and services.

The dirty streets provided a food source for rats, which carried the plague.

Cats were revered, and each family had several of them to eat rats around the house.

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Parker Key · Answer 1

Cats were not a cause the filth and pollution of streets brought upon rats that spread disease and trading as well was cause spreading the Black Plague through person to person

Evelyn Hoffman · Answer 2

Cats were revered, and each family had several of them to eat rats around the house.

I just learned this in my World History class, both the first two answers are carriers of the plague