Early Modern Britain

Question 1

Housing in the early modern period

Answer 1

Cramped
Overcrowded
Wooden houses

Question 2

New scientific discovery that improved medical knowledge in the early modern period and who made it

Answer 2

William Harvey showed that blood circulated around the body

Question 3

How did the gentry improve their living conditions (4 ways)

Answer 3

Could afford flushing toilets
Hot and cold running water
More varied diet
Houses made from brick

Question 4

How often did the plague hit England in the early modern period

Answer 4

Roughly every 20 years

Question 5

When was the great plague

Answer 5

1665

Question 6

Early modern beliefs about the causes of the plague

Answer 6

Miasma
Punishment from God
Humours out of balance

Question 7

What were Elizabeth l’s 1578 plague orders

Answer 7

Keep cats and dogs off the streets
Burn clothes of infected individuals
Special prayers said in church
Quarantine

Question 8

What plague act introduced harsh deterrents for breaking quarantine

Answer 8

1604

Question 9

How did the Bristol city council try to stop the spread of the plague

Answer 9

Cancelled st James fair
Quarantined goods from London
Forlorn hope pesthouse
Guards at city gates

Question 10

Queen square

Answer 10

Streets paved with stone (easy to clean)
Large green open space
Conduits

Question 11

Problems caused by the gin craze

Answer 11

Increased crime
Birth defects
Abandoned children

Question 12

Which gin act was the most effective

Answer 12

1751

Question 13

Describe country houses of the gentry

Answer 13

Many rooms
Glass windows
Chimneys