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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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4
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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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6
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Give one invention from 1250-1750

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Steam engines

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7
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What were public bath houses referred to as

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“Stews”

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8
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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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9
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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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14
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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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20
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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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24
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What was a privy

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Outdoors, shared toilet

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25
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What did rakers do

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Clean rubbish from the streets

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26
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T/F People blamed “bad air” for the Black Death

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T

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27
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What did plague doctors put in their beaks

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Herbs and flowers

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28
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Give a feature of homes in Medieval towns

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Thatched rooves

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29
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What year was the steam engine invented

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1712

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30
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Name a disease that killed women and newborns

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Childbed fever

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31
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Name a disease that killed people in the Medieval Period

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TB

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32
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Name a disease from the Early Modern period

A

TB

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33
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Name why monasteries needed clean water

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Holy water

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34
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T/F Trade lead to Black Death

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T

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35
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What year did Black Death hit England

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1348

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36
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How did monasteries improve health in Medieval England

A

Taking care of the sick

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37
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Give one feature of religion in Medieval England

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Christian society

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38
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Why did animals live inside Medieval homes

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Keep them in good conditions during the winter months

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39
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Why did public health eventually improve over time

A

Working classes got the vote

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40
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State King Edward III ‘s attitude to Public Health

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Ordered for clean ups but passed no actual laws

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41
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How fast did Plague spread

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500 miles in 500 days

42
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How many did Plague kill

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3.2 million

43
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What % of people live in towns in Medieval England

A

10%

44
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What type of bread cause Ergotism

A

Rye

45
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Who had the most power in Medieval England

A

Monarchs

46
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Name one way people tried to balance the four humors

A

Blood letting

47
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What was the type of bacteria that spread Black Death

A

Yerstina Pestis

48
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What could bad weather lead to

A

Bad harvest

49
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What could bad harvest lead to

A

Starvation

50
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Why were specialist jurors created

A

Supervise hygiene standards

51
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Name one thing England acquired from trade

A

Tobacco

52
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Name a town that banned dungheaps

A

Bristol

53
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Name a town that banned Lepers

A

Bristol

54
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Name a town that grew via trade

A

Bathe

55
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Name a new drink in the Early Modern period

A

Hot chocolate

56
Q

Why were skeletons often found in paintings

A

Symbolise death

57
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Apart from paintings, where were skeletons also found

A

Jewellery and tombstones

58
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Did people believe it was dangerous to do vigorous exercise Y\N

A

Y

59
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Was it believed to be safe to have hot baths Y/N

A

N

60
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What was one thing people burned to keep away Black Death

A

Lavender

61
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Name a type of meat in a peasants diet

A

Fish

62
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Why was it hard to improve Public Health in Carlisle

A

Scottish raids and invasions

63
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What did Tawyers do

A

Skin animals

64
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Name a large Medieval town

A

London

65
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What was the main use of the steam engine

A

Pump water out of mines

66
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What was one cheap material in Early Modern period

A

Coal

67
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Name one health risk in countrysides

A

Open fires indoors

68
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Name a health risk in towns

A

Rats

69
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Name a well payed job in 1250-1750

A

Gongfermer

70
Q

What did a gongfermer do

A

Clean waste from cesspits and latrines

71
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Name a way to be sentenced to death in 1500-1750

A

Tried and found to be a witch

72
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Why were prostitutes believed to spread miasma

A

Very sinful

73
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Who was King Henry’s chief minister

A

Thomas Cromwell

74
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What did Thomas Cromwell do

A

Closed Monasteries

75
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What fell into ruin after the closing down of monasteries

A

Conduits

76
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What’s the demolition of slum houses and the building of council housing called

A

Slum clearance

77
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What is the year that slum clearance happens

A

1919

78
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What is the slum clearance act called

A

1919 housing act

79
Q

Name the two most prevelent diseases of the modern period

A

Spanish influenza and AIDs

80
Q

What did newspapers call the AIDs epidemic

A

“Gay plague”

81
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Define the key vocab: Welfare state

A

A government plan that took care of people

82
Q

Name a form of leisure that lead to the obesity crisis

A

Television

83
Q

What year was the first cholera epidemic

A

1831

84
Q

What was Joseph Bazalgette employed by the government to create

A

A 1300 mile long sewer system

85
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How much did the government pay Bazalgette for his sewer construction

A

£3 million

86
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What did the 1846 cholera bill do

A

Prevented the public from connecting their homes to the sewer system, this was an attempt to try to stop miasma

87
Q

T/F - Louis Pasteur was the man who came up with the idea of germ theory

A

True

88
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Define the key vocab: Miasma

A

The idea that disease was spread through bad smelling air

89
Q

Name a discovery that challenged religion

A

Darwin’s theory of evolution

90
Q

How many gin acts were created in the 1700s

A

4

91
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Define the key vocab: Flaggellant

A

A Christian who whips themselve to show love towards god, common in medieval and early modern Europe

92
Q

What was one of the problems caused by smoking

A

Lung cancer

93
Q

What was a problem caused by the gin craze

A

Drunkenness

94
Q

Define the key vocab: Privy

A

A toilet

95
Q

When did leisure activities become common

A

Modern period

96
Q

What class worked with their hands

A

Lower class

97
Q

Who piped water into their house

A

The rich

98
Q

When was the first flushing toilet invented

A

1596

99
Q

How did the 1729, 1736 and 1743 gin acts try to control gin

A

Through taxes and licences

100
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Define the key vocab: Watchmen

A

Local officer who patrolled the streets at night

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