The Black Death and The Great Plague Flashcards
(119 cards)
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The Black Death was also known as…
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the ‘Great Pestilence’
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The Black Death spread from…
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Asia
3
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The Black Death spread from Asia and then through…
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Europe
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How did the Black Death spread in to Britain?
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Because of trade
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Where were the first cases of the plague in England identified?
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Along the south coast
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Why were the first cases of the plague in England identified along the south coast?
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Because of the arrival of sailors
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Between ___ and ___ of England’s population were killed in the Black Death
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1/3 and 1/2
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True/False: As a result of the Black Death, in some places entire villages were wiped out
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True
9
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The Plague reoccurred repeatedly with more/less deaths in later centuries (after the Black Death)
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less
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The next large-scale outbreak of the plague after the Black Death was…
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The Great Plague
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When was the Black Death?
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1348-49
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When was the Great Plague?
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1665
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What was the Black Death?
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Bubonic plague
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The bubonic plague causes swellings in the…
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armpit and groin
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The bubonic plague causes sores…
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all over the body
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The bubonic plague causes high…
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fever
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The bubonic plague causes what to the head?
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headaches
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The bubonic plague was spread by…
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flies and rats
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During the Black Death people showed what type of symptoms?
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Pneumonic
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How did the Black Death show pneumonic symptoms?
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It attacked the lungs and they filled with blood
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How were the pneumonic symptoms of the Black Death spread?
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By coughing and breathing germs
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True/False: People thought that good smells caused the Black Death
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False, people thought that bad smells or poisons in the air caused it
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True/False: People thought that the Four Humours being out of balance caused the Black Death
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True
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True/False: People thought that the movement of stars and planets was of no relevance to the cause of the Black Death
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False, people thought the movement of stars and planets caused the Black Death
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People thought that the Black Death was God's...
punishment for sins
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People thought that people of what religion caused the Black Death?
Jews
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People tried to prevent the spread of the Black Death by purging and...
bleeding
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People tried to prevent the spread of the Black Death by what type of prayers?
Public prayers
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True/False: People tried to prevent the spread of the Black Death by candle lighting
True
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True/False: People thought that trying to prevent the spread of The Black Death by going on pilgrimages was a silly idea
False, people did this to try and prevent its spread
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True/False: Church bells were rung to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death
True
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True/False: People avoided baths to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death
True
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People used ____ and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death
fire
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Why did people use fire and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death?
To purify the air
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What would flagellants do?
Whip themselves and each other
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Why did flagellants whip themselves and each other?
To atone for sins and show they were sorry
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To try and prevent the spread of the Black Death, when did people eat 'hot' food?
In cold months
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Give examples of 'hot' food that people would eat in cold months and avoid in hot months to try and prevent the spread of the Black Death
Peppers, garlic
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Why would people eat 'hot' food if they were cold to try and prevent the spread of the Black Death?
Galen's 'Opposites'
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To try and prevent the spread of the Black Death, when did people avoid 'hot' food?
In hot months
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Why would people avoid 'hot' food if they had a fever to try and prevent the spread of the Black Death?
To prevent excess heat
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To try and prevent the spread of the Black death, people avoided those who were \_\_\_
ill
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To try and prevent the spread of the Black death, what laws were put in place?
Quarantine laws
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What were the quarantine laws set up in attempt to prevent the spread of the Black Death?
New people to an area had to stay indoors for 40 days
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Why did new people to an area have to stay indoors for 40 days during the time of the Black Death?
In case they brought the plague with them
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People treated the Black Death by making patients s\_\_\_\_
sweat
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How did people make patients sweat to try and treat the Black Death?
By wrapping them in woollen clothes and putting half a freshly killed pigeon on the sores
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People treated the Black Death by putting which 3 things on the sores?
Egg yolk, honey and herbs. They also put half a freshly killed pigeon on to make the patient sweat
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As a treatment for the Black Death, people prayed and confessed...
sins
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Why did people use the tail feathers of a chicken to treat the Black Death?
To draw out the poison/pus from the buboes
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When was the Great Plague?
1665
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What was the Great Plague?
Bubonic plague
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True/False: People thought that good smells caused the Great Plague
False, people thought that bad smells or poisons in the air caused it
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True/False: People thought that the Four Humours being out of balance caused the Great Plague
True
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True/False: People thought that the movement of stars and planets was of no relevance to the cause of the Great Plague
False, people thought the movement of stars and planets caused the Great Plague
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People thought that the Great Plague was God's...
punishment for sins
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People thought that people of what religion caused the Great Plague?
Jews
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What was the main belief about the cause of the Great Plague?
Miasma
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People thought that the Great Plague was caused by comets in the sky and...
the unusual position between Mars and Saturn
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People thought that the Great Plague was spread by breath and...
sweat
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People thought that the Great Plague was caused by invisible creatures...
entering the body or skin and laying eggs or poisons
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People tried to prevent the spread of the Great Plague by purging and...
bleeding
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People tried to prevent the spread of the Great Plague by what type of prayers?
Public prayers
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True/False: People tried to prevent the spread of the Great Plague by candle lighting
True
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True/False: People thought that trying to prevent the spread of The Great Plague by going on pilgrimages was a silly idea
False, people did this to try and prevent its spread
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True/False: Church bells were rung to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague
True
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True/False: People avoided baths to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague
True
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People used ____ and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague
fire
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Why did people use fire and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
To purify the air
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What would flagellants do?
Whip themselves and each other
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Why did flagellants whip themselves and each other?
To atone for sins and show they were sorry
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To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, when did people eat 'hot' food?
In cold months
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Give examples of 'hot' food that people would eat in cold months and avoid in hot months to try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague
Peppers, garlic
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Why would people eat 'hot' food if they were cold to try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
Galen's 'Opposites'
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To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, when did people avoid 'hot' food?
In hot months
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Why would people avoid 'hot' food if they had a fever to try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
To prevent excess heat
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To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, people avoided those who were \_\_\_
ill
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To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, what laws were put in place?
Quarantine laws
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What were the quarantine laws set up in attempt to prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
New people to an area had to stay indoors for 40 days
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Why did new people to an area have to stay indoors for 40 days during the time of the Great Plague?
In case they brought the plague with them
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During the Great Plague, to prevent miasma, what did people smoke?
Tobacco
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During the Great Plague, why did people smoke tobacco?
To fill the lungs with 'good air'
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To prevent miasma during the Great Plague, people used smoke/perfume to...
'air' bedding
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To prevent miasma during the Great Plague, what did people carry with them?
Pomanders
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During the Great Plague, the Lord Mayor of London ordered the killing of...
stray animals
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During the Great Plague, the Lord Mayor of London ordered sweeping of...
the streets
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During the Great Plague, why did the Lord Mayor of London order the banning of plays?
To prevent crowds of people
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During the Great Plague, the Lord Mayor of London ordered q\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
quarantine
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During the Great Plague, when the Lord Mayor of London ordered quarantine, what did watchmen do?
Guarded houses of plague victims
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During the quarantine at the time of the Great Plague, how did you know if a house contained plague victims?
Doors were marked with a red cross and 'Lord have mercy upon us' was written on the door
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What words were written on the door of plague victims during the Great Plague?
'Lord have mercy upon us'
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During the quarantine at the time of the Great Plague, what did women searchers do?
Check bodies of people who died for plague symptoms
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Where were victims of the Great Plague buried?
Deep in the ground
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At the time of the Great Plague, why would people take the meat off the butchers' hooks?
To stop the butcher touching it
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At the time of the Great Plague, butchers wouldn't touch money but...
have it placed in a pot of vinegar
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Governments were much more/less effective in trying to prevent the spread of the plague than they had been with the Black Death
more
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People treated the Great Plague by making patients s\_\_\_\_
sweat
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How did people make patients sweat to try and treat the Great Plague?
By wrapping them in woollen clothes and putting half a freshly killed pigeon on the sores
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People treated the Great Plague by putting which 3 things on the sores?
Egg yolk, honey and herbs. They also put half a freshly killed pigeon on to make the patient sweat
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As a treatment for the Great Plague, people prayed and confessed...
sins
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Why did people use the tail feathers of a chicken to treat the Great Plague?
To draw out the poison/pus from the buboes
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To treat the Great Plague, what did 'Quack' doctors sell?
'Remedies'
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What was the 'remedy' Theriac that 'Quack' doctors sold a mixture of?
wine, herbs, spices and honey
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What was another name for the 'remedy' Theriac which 'Quacl' doctors sold?
London Treacle
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Plague Doctors wore a _______ hat
leather
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Plague Doctors had a _____ eye
glass
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Plague Doctors wore masks which gathered at the \_\_\_\_
neck
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Plague Doctors wore a full length gown covered with what over leather breeches?
Wax worm
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Plague Doctors wore _______ gloves
leather
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Plague Doctors wore full length _______ boots
leather
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Why did Plague Doctors have a wooden stick?
To keep people away
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Plague Doctors had a beak stuffed with what?
Herbs and spices
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It was thought that the brid shape of Plague Doctors would...
attract the disease away from the patient
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The Black Death and Great Plague were the same/different diseases
the same
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The plague was often called the __________ at the time
'pestilence'
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Ideas to prevent the plague were based on what?
What people believed to the causes of hte plague
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Beliefs, prevention and treatments were very similar/different as there had been no/lots of advances in the understanding of the real causes of illness between the 1300s and 1600s
similar, no
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What was the main difference between the Black Death and the Great Plague?
Increased invovlement of the government, especially in London, during hte Great Plague to try to prevent the spread of the plague
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Religion was one of the main beliefs during the Black Death but ______ was the main belief during the Great Plague
miasma
