People's Health 1 mark questions

Question 1

Give one example of what medieval people thought caused the Black Death. [1]

Answer 1

Punishment from god

Question 2

Give one example of the way in which medieval people reacted to the Black Death. [1]

Answer 2

Praying to god for forgiveness

Question 3

Name one way in which people disposed of their waste in medieval towns. [1]

Answer 3

People had middens (waste heaps) in their gardens

Question 4

Name one threat to people’s health in medieval towns. [1]

Answer 4

Bubonic Plague

Question 5

Name One response Of the government to the gin craze in the period 1660-1751

Answer 5

Alehouses had to have a license

Question 6

Name one way in which people in towns obtained their water during the period 1500—1750

Answer 6

People obtained water from public water fountains

Question 7

Name one individual who had a positive impact on public health in the nineteenth century. [1]

Question 8

Name one Of the ‘big killer’ diseases in the period 1750-1900.[1]

Question 9

Give one example of poor living conditions in Industrial Britain. [1]

Question 10

Give one example Of a law passed to improve public health in the nineteenth century

Question 11

Give one example Of a government action against smoking in the twentieth century

Question 12

Give one example of a government response to AIDS [1]