countryside and town

Question 1

define wattle and daub

Answer 1

a material formerly used in building walls

Question 2

what would cause a famine

Answer 2

a bad harvest

Question 3

what is small beer

Answer 3

a weaker version of beer

Question 4

define pottage

Answer 4

soup or stew

Question 5

in the countryside where did they keep the animals

Answer 5

in the houses

Question 6

in 1315-1322 what percentage of the population died due to a bad harvest

Answer 6

10%

Question 7

what is a cesspit

Answer 7

a pit for the disposal of liquid waste

Question 8

define midden

Answer 8

a dung hill

Question 9

what caused a famine

Answer 9

bad wheather

Question 10

why was it bad to have animals in your house

Answer 10

easily spread disease

Question 11

what was wattle and daub useful for

Answer 11

made the houses waterproof

Question 12

what was wattle and daub bad for

Answer 12

it had bad ventilation

Question 13

if a cesspit was not emptied what would happen

Answer 13

it contaminated water supplies

Question 14

define contaminated

Answer 14

exposure to something polluting

Question 15

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ERGOTISM

Answer 15

poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhoea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.

Question 16

in the town houses where would you find rats/mice

Answer 16

in the rooves

Question 17

why did most people in towns drink ale rather than the water

Answer 17

the water tasted very bad

Question 18

what did rakers do

Answer 18

they cleaned the streets

Question 19

what did gongfermers do

Answer 19

empty the latrines

Question 20

where did rakers normally put the waste

Answer 20

in the rivers

Question 21

what is a latrine

Answer 21

a toilet, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks

Question 22

were merchants houses bigger or smaller

Answer 22

bigger

Question 23

did trade happen in the towns

Answer 23

yes

Question 24

why was it good that some houses had their own well

Answer 24

because you didn’t need to share

Question 25

t or f on market days there was tones of rubbish

Answer 25

true

Question 26

what is a conduit

Answer 26

a fountain for all to use

Question 27

what did water carriers do

Answer 27

filled leather sacks with water and went door to door selling it

Question 28

in town centres where the houses far apart

Answer 28

no very tightly packed together

Question 29

where gongfermers paid well

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

why was it bad to have lots of livestock killed

Answer 30

extreme amount of mess in the streets