Early Modern Period

Question 1

When was the early modern period

Answer 1

1500-1750

Question 2

What percentage of people could vote in 1750

Answer 2

3%

Question 3

When was the steam engine invented

Answer 3

1712

Question 4

When was the flushing toilet invented

Answer 4

1596

Question 5

When was the last outbreak of the great plague

Answer 5

1665

Question 6

When did Elizabeth issue the plague orders

Answer 6

1578

Question 7

What was the 1604 plague act

Answer 7

Act that introduced harsh punishments for breaking isolation

Question 8

How did town authorities try to improve urban environment

Answer 8

1. Shrewsbury 1301 - paved market places for better trade
2. York and Bristol moved dungheap to edge of towns - reduce spread of bacteria
3. Norwich 1287-89 name and shame waste dumpers
4. Winchester 1329 - guilds employed to check quality of meat

Question 9

Diet of the rich

Answer 9

Meat and fish
White bread
Small amount of fruit and veg
Wine and ale

Question 10

Diet of the poor

Answer 10

Bread
Vegetables
Pottage
Occasional: egg, cheese, fish, meat

Question 11

When did Robert Hooke discover the microscope

Answer 11

1660

Question 12

When did parliament become more powerful than the monarch

Answer 12

1750

Question 13

How did rich people get water supply

Answer 13

Piped water to houses
Water sellers

Question 14

How did the rich stay clean

Answer 14

Servants washed clothes
Bathtubs used
Soap from olive oil used on skin

Question 15

How did the poor get water supply

Answer 15

Conduits
Water sellers

Question 16

How did the poor stay clean

Answer 16

Bathed in rivers
Dry washing - brushes on their skin