OCR - Health and the People 1250 - 1500 (Medieval)

Question 1

What we’re the people who cleaned the streets called?

Answer 1

Gongfermers

Question 2

What we’re the people who cleaned feces off the streets called?

Answer 2

Rakers

Question 3

How many types of plauge were there?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

Name 1 symptom of the bubonic plague

Answer 4

Black pus filled spots

Question 5

Name 1 symptom of the sepsimic plauge

Answer 5

Toes and fingers turning black

Question 6

Name 1 symptom of the peumonic plague

Answer 6

Extreme difficulty breathing

Question 7

What S is a weak ale used as a replacement of water

Answer 7

Small beer

Question 8

Name 1 factor that is important for a society to have good health.

Answer 8

Wealth

Question 9

What was the most dominant religion in Medieval England?

Answer 9

Christanity

Question 10

What was a medieval Christans main belief about God?

Answer 10

They were too mysterious for human minds to grasp

Question 11

What did God promise to do for medieval people?

Answer 11

Help them to cope with suffering, to love others and to care for their needs

Question 12

What was the role of Kings in Medieval England?

Answer 12

To rule over people and keep them safe

Question 13

What was the kings stance of public health?

Answer 13

he believed that it wasnt his responsibility

Question 14

Who created the bulk of the nations wealth?

Answer 14

Pesants

Question 15

What was the main mode of transport in medieval england?

Answer 15

Horse and carriage

Question 16

What was the most powerful machinery in medieval times?

Answer 16

Water Mills and windmills

Question 17

What profession made blades for farming?

Answer 17

Blacksmiths

Question 18

When was the printing press invented?

Answer 18

1470s

Question 19

What is the name of the medical idea, coined in Greece, which talks about an inbalance in 4 key liquids in the body?

Answer 19

The 4 humours

Question 20

What was the average population of a medieval town?

Answer 20

> 10,000

Question 21

What was the most crowded day in a English town?

Answer 21

market day

Question 22

Who controlled most medieval towns?

Answer 22

A town council

Question 23

When was the first case of the bubonic plague recorded in England?

Answer 23

1348

Question 24

What was chilbed fever?

Answer 24

A uterus condition caused during childbirth?

Question 25

Where would women give birth usually and why would this be a hindrance to health?

Answer 25

In the home, increased risk of infection due to animals living in the house

Question 26

What did some people speculate the black death was caused by?

Answer 26

Miasma or “bad air”

Question 27

Define pottage

Answer 27

A meat stew that medieval pesants ate

Question 28

Why was ergotism a common disease for the general medieval population?

Answer 28

Most bread was cooked with rye because it was cheaper than yeast but rye could become infected with fungus leading to the disease

Question 29

What did preists urge people to do to cure the Black Death?

Answer 29

Pray for forgiveness as people thought the black death was a punishment from God

Question 30

What did Flagellants do to attempt to cure the disease?

Answer 30

They whipped themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins

Question 31

What did doctors believe would cure the black death?

Answer 31

Bloodletting to balance the 4 humours

Question 32

What did people do to combat “bad air”?

Answer 32

They placed posies of sweet-smelling flowers to purify the air

Question 33

It has links to religion

Who was the main group advising higeine?

Answer 33

The christian church

Question 34

What was a place where people could find clean water easily?

Answer 34

Religous communites, monasteries or churches

Question 35

Who paid for the majority of the water facilites in a medieval town?

Answer 35

The local Abbey/Monistary

Question 36

What did the town councils do to improve public health?

Answer 36

they introduced by-laws

Question 37

Define: By-laws

Answer 37

Laws that only applied in a local area, these were set and enforced by the town council

Question 38

Define - Cesspit

Answer 38

A pit for collecting human waste

Question 39

Define - Conduit

Answer 39

A stone channel for transporting water

Question 40

Define - Drovers

Answer 40

Someone who transports animals to a market

Question 41

Who held most of the power in Medieval society?

Answer 41

The king