In the mid-fourteenth century, Jews were less likely to die from the bubonic plague that wiped out a third of Europe's population.This was because ________.
a. ofJewish social conditions and religious prohibitions.
b. of Jewishconnections with the devil who protected them from the plague.
c. Jews had poisoned the wells of non-Jews, which made Gentiles more susceptible.
d. Jewish communities exterminated Gentiles.
Question 2
Which of the following examples of ingroup virtues becoming outgroup vices was experienced by Jews in the United States?
a. For Christians toobserve Sabbath on Sunday is being orthodox; for Jews to observe Sabbath on Saturday is being reformist.
b. For Gentiles to take interest in the repayment of loansis justifiable; for Jews to do the same is a punishable crime.
c. For Christian men to marry Jewish women was acceptable; for Christian women to marry Jewish men was intolerable.
d. For Gentiles to prefer Gentiles as friends is understandable; for Jews to choose other Jews as friends suggests clannishness.
A reindeer sled, Arkhangelsk, Russia. Late nineteenth-century photochrom.
Monstrous people from distant lands depicted in a fifteenth-century European woodcut.
Diagram of a section of a 15th-century oil painting
Predicted Temperature Trends Through the 21st Century
Predicted Temperature Trends Through the 21st Century
Geopolitical Change of 20th-Century Europe