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Question 1

medieval Britain is the period between………. also known as ……… or the middle ages.

Answer 1

1250-1500

13th-16th century

Question 2

Britain’s first hospital…….was set up in…….in….

Answer 2

St.Bartholomew
London
1123

Question 3

the black death affects England; killing…..of the population.in….

Answer 3

1/3

1348

Question 4

parliament passes the first law requiring……………..to be kept clean by the people in……

Answer 4

streets and rivers

1388

Question 5

average life expectancy was………in….

Answer 5

35 years old

1350

Question 6

a belief not based on knowledge, but in the supernatural like god, witchcraft or astrology.

Answer 6

superstition

Question 7

to rid the body of ‘excess’ like blood or vomit.

Answer 7

purging

Question 8

the use of leeches for bloodletting.

Answer 8

leeching

Question 9

using glass cups to draw blood to the surface.

Answer 9

cupping

Question 10

to avoid eating or drinking.

Answer 10

fasting

Question 11

a journey to religious shrine and relics to show your love of god and cure illness.

Answer 11

pilgrimage

Question 12

public worship in the roman catholic church

Answer 12

mass

Question 13

study of the planets and its affect on humans.

Answer 13

astrology

Question 14

‘bad air’ which was blamed for spreading disease.

Answer 14

miasma

Question 15

a medieval pharmacists or chemist.

Answer 15

apothecary

Question 16

a female healer who used illnesses.they used herbal remedies.

Answer 16

wise woman

Question 17

a medieval ‘medical’ book carried by doctors.

Answer 17

vademecum

Question 18

used to examine urine to define illness.

Answer 18

urine chart

Question 19

a male medically trained doctor.

Answer 19

physician

Question 20

untrained surgeon who practised basic surgery.

Answer 20

barber surgeon

Question 21

to cut open a human and examine the insides.

Answer 21

dissection

Question 22

a widespread outbreak of a disease.

Answer 22

epidemic

Question 23

a charm that brought ‘protection’ from disease.

Answer 23

amulet

Question 24

a term to describe the bubonic plague.

Answer 24

black death

Question 25

a building where monks live, eat and pray.

Answer 25

monastrey

Question 26

the four humours

Answer 26

black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm.