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1
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Name two people responsible for public health in towns

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Mayors and Aldermen

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2
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Name a way people get food

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Drovers

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3
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Where did London record how to keep people healthy

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White Book

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Why were drovers a risk to public health in Medieval towns

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Littered animal carcasses

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5
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Give one unhelpful cure for the Black Death

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Blood Letting

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Give one invention from 1250-1750

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Steam engines

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What were public bath houses referred to as

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“Stews”

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Did London improve it’s health after B.D

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No, as plague struck back numerous times over the years

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When does the Medieval period begin and end

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1250-1500

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10
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Give one feature of a Medieval peasants diet

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Pottage

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11
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What did Medieval peasants drink

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Small Beer

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12
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Name a guild

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Butchers guild

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13
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T\F King Henry 8th started reformation in England

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T

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T\F Rivers were of then disease ridden in the Medieval countryside

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T

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15
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What % of people l could vote in Medieval England

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3%

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16
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What was believed to cause Black Death

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Miasma

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17
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Name an invention from 1500-1750

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Microscope

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18
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T/F Jetties were made into the THames

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T

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19
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Give one way people in Medieval countrysides got water

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Conduits

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T/F No one knew the relation between germs and disease in Medieval England

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T

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21
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Name one thing banned from the city of Bristol

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Prostitutes

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22
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Give one feature of Medieval homes in the countryside

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Wattle and daub

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23
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Give one Medieval belief about the Black Death

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4 Humors

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What was a privy

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Outdoors, shared toilet

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What did rakers do
Clean rubbish from the streets
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T/F People blamed “bad air” for the Black Death
T
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What did plague doctors put in their beaks
Herbs and flowers
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Give a feature of homes in Medieval towns
Thatched rooves
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What year was the steam engine invented
1712
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Name a disease that killed women and newborns
Childbed fever
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Name a disease that killed people in the Medieval Period
TB
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Name a disease from the Early Modern period
TB
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Name why monasteries needed clean water
Holy water
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T/F Trade lead to Black Death
T
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What year did Black Death hit England
1348
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How did monasteries improve health in Medieval England
Taking care of the sick
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Give one feature of religion in Medieval England
Christian society
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Why did animals live inside Medieval homes
Keep them in good conditions during the winter months
39
Why did public health eventually improve over time
Working classes got the vote
40
State King Edward III ‘s attitude to Public Health
Ordered for clean ups but passed no actual laws
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How fast did Plague spread
500 miles in 500 days
42
How many did Plague kill
3.2 million
43
What % of people live in towns in Medieval England
10%
44
What type of bread cause Ergotism
Rye
45
Who had the most power in Medieval England
Monarchs
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Name one way people tried to balance the four humors
Blood letting
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What was the type of bacteria that spread Black Death
Yerstina Pestis
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What could bad weather lead to
Bad harvest
49
What could bad harvest lead to
Starvation
50
Why were specialist jurors created
Supervise hygiene standards
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Name one thing England acquired from trade
Tobacco
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Name a town that banned dungheaps
Bristol
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Name a town that banned Lepers
Bristol
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Name a town that grew via trade
Bathe
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Name a new drink in the Early Modern period
Hot chocolate
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Why were skeletons often found in paintings
Symbolise death
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Apart from paintings, where were skeletons also found
Jewellery and tombstones
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Did people believe it was dangerous to do vigorous exercise Y\N
Y
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Was it believed to be safe to have hot baths Y/N
N
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What was one thing people burned to keep away Black Death
Lavender
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Name a type of meat in a peasants diet
Fish
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Why was it hard to improve Public Health in Carlisle
Scottish raids and invasions
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What did Tawyers do
Skin animals
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Name a large Medieval town
London
65
What was the main use of the steam engine
Pump water out of mines
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What was one cheap material in Early Modern period
Coal
67
Name one health risk in countrysides
Open fires indoors
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Name a health risk in towns
Rats
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Name a well payed job in 1250-1750
Gongfermer
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What did a gongfermer do
Clean waste from cesspits and latrines
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Name a way to be sentenced to death in 1500-1750
Tried and found to be a witch
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Why were prostitutes believed to spread miasma
Very sinful
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Who was King Henry’s chief minister
Thomas Cromwell
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What did Thomas Cromwell do
Closed Monasteries
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What fell into ruin after the closing down of monasteries
Conduits
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What's the demolition of slum houses and the building of council housing called
Slum clearance
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What is the year that slum clearance happens
1919
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What is the slum clearance act called
1919 housing act
79
Name the two most prevelent diseases of the modern period
Spanish influenza and AIDs
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What did newspapers call the AIDs epidemic
"Gay plague"
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Define the key vocab: Welfare state
A government plan that took care of people
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Name a form of leisure that lead to the obesity crisis
Television
83
What year was the first cholera epidemic
1831
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What was Joseph Bazalgette employed by the government to create
A 1300 mile long sewer system
85
How much did the government pay Bazalgette for his sewer construction
£3 million
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What did the 1846 cholera bill do
Prevented the public from connecting their homes to the sewer system, this was an attempt to try to stop miasma
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T/F - Louis Pasteur was the man who came up with the idea of germ theory
True
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Define the key vocab: Miasma
The idea that disease was spread through bad smelling air
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Name a discovery that challenged religion
Darwin's theory of evolution
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How many gin acts were created in the 1700s
4
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Define the key vocab: Flaggellant
A Christian who whips themselve to show love towards god, common in medieval and early modern Europe
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What was one of the problems caused by smoking
Lung cancer
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What was a problem caused by the gin craze
Drunkenness
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Define the key vocab: Privy
A toilet
95
When did leisure activities become common
Modern period
96
What class worked with their hands
Lower class
97
Who piped water into their house
The rich
98
When was the first flushing toilet invented
1596
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How did the 1729, 1736 and 1743 gin acts try to control gin
Through taxes and licences
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Define the key vocab: Watchmen
Local officer who patrolled the streets at night

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