medieval towns and countryside

Question 1

what is a midden?

Answer 1

an area designated to floor sweepings and and animal waste

Question 2

what are the four humours?

Answer 2

Blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.

Question 3

what were the three types of plague?

Answer 3

bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic.

Question 4

who were considered to be at the bottom of the feudal system?

Answer 4

peasants

Question 5

where would gong farmers dump human waste?

Answer 5

rivers

Question 6

what is the name for the weak ale drank in place of water?

Answer 6

small beer

Question 7

what is the name of the stew often eaten by peasants?

Answer 7

pottage

Question 8

what did the government not take responsibility for?

Answer 8

public health

Question 9

what animal is to blame for spreading the plague?

Answer 9

rats

Question 10

what method was used to build medieval housed

Answer 10

wattle and daub

Question 11

what did medieval people believe(medically) caused the black
death

Answer 11

, bad air

Question 12

groups of who would go around whipping each other to prove their love and self sacrifice to god.

Answer 12

flagellants

Question 13

how many miles had the black death reached in how many days

Answer 13

500 miles, 500 days

Question 14

what lotion was used to treat inflammation

Answer 14

camomile

Question 15

what did people do to balance the humours

Answer 15

eat balanced diet, blood letting

Question 16

people blamed supernatural causes for the black death T/F

Answer 16

True

Question 17

People carried posies of flowers and burned rosemary to prevent TBD T/F

Answer 17

True

Question 18

They thought it would infect people by sweaty skin so they didnt…

Answer 18

take hot baths or do vigorous exercise

Question 19

they believed it was possible to catch the disease by…

Answer 19

looking at a victim in the eye

Question 20

word for bad aie

Answer 20

maisma

Question 21

people were urged to […] ti prevent them contracting the disease

Answer 21

confess their sins

Question 22

people tied live […] to the buboes in attempt to warm and soften the swellings

Answer 22

live chickens and toads

Question 23

house holds forced out who if they showed signs of illness?

Answer 23

lodgers and children

Question 24

when was the 2 nd outbreak?

Answer 24

1361-1362

Question 25

how many more outbreaks before 1500

Answer 25

20

Question 26

what is a pathogen?

Answer 26

bacteria/virus causing disease

Question 27

which king ordered mayor of london to clean the streets?

Answer 27

Edward III

Question 28

what are by laws

Answer 28

laws that only apply to a certain area

Question 29

what is a monastery?

Answer 29

religious building run by monks

Question 30

the monastery recommended what to prevent the plague?

Answer 30

confessing sins

Question 31

what did medieval people believe caused the black death?

Answer 31

God, astrology, 4 Humours imbalanced

Question 32

where were most improvements focused?

Answer 32

london

Question 33

what was moved to the outskirts of towns?

Answer 33

dungheaps and prostitutes

Question 34

who were appointed to check quality of meat?

Answer 34

guilds

Question 35

pipes/conduits system installed T/F

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Jetty system helped T/F

Answer 36

False

Question 37

paving was inteoduced for what reason?

Answer 37

trade

Question 38

who were employed to check streets cleanliness?

Answer 38

wardens

Question 39

who were employed to give educated opinions on wether or not someone is guilty

Answer 39

specialist juries

Question 40

who held most power in society?

Answer 40

the church

Question 41

give a feature of homes in the countryside in medieval Britain?

Answer 41

they lived with their livestock

Question 42

give one feature of homes in tows in medieval Britain?

Answer 42

they were back to back(heavily populated)

Question 43

why were cesspits a risk to public health?

Answer 43

they were rarely cleaned

Question 44

how did medieval people get their food?

Answer 44

butchers, weekly markets

Question 45

what were drovers

Answer 45

people who brought animals town to town

Question 46

how were drovers a risk to public health?

Answer 46

animals carry diseases with them where they go, spreading it town to town

Question 47

where did medieval people get their water from?

Answer 47

contaminated rivers

Question 48

what year did the black death hit England ?

Answer 48

1348

Question 49

what actually caused the black death?

Answer 49

infected rats

Question 50

who were responsible for public health?

Answer 50

the mayor, the king