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Public Health - Y10 History Flashcards

1
Q

What job do rakers do

A

clean the streets

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2
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What year did the black death hit

A

1348

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3
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What % of the population were killed by the black death

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60%

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4
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What actually caused the black death

A

Germs transported by rats and flees
NOBODY KNEW

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5
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Give one medieval belief about the causes of the black death

A

God’s punishment
Miasma
Imbalence in the 4 humours

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6
Q

Give one unhelpful cure to the black death

A

Blood letting

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7
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Describe king Edward III’s reaction to the black death

A

He ordered authority to clean the streets

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8
Q

One reason why monasteries needed clean water

A

For mass

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9
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How did monasteries improve public health in the middle ages

A

Provided clean water

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10
Q

What were three diseases that were prevalent in medieval Britain

A

Dysentery
Influenza
Childbed fever

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11
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Name two people who were responsible for public health in towns

A

Mayor’s and alderman

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12
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Name one way London tried to improve public health after the black death

A

They cleaned the streets

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13
Q

Give one feature of religion in medieval Britain

A

Monestaries
Churches

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14
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Who held the most power in medieval britan

A

Monarchs

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15
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When does the medieval period begin and end

A

1250 - 1500

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16
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Give one feature of homes in the countryside during the middle ages

A

Thatched rooves
Wattle and daub

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17
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Give one feature of a medieval peasant’s diet

A

Portage
Fruit and vegetables

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18
Q

What did medieval peasants drink

A

Small bear
Water
Cider

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19
Q

Why were cesspits a risk to health in the medieval countryside

A

Leaked into water supplies

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20
Q

Give one feature of home in medieval towns

A

Thatched rooves
Tightly packed
Upper floors would just out

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21
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How did people who lived in medieval towns get there food

A

Market days

22
Q

Why were drovers a risk to health in the medieval towns

A

They left animal cacrcuses

23
Q

Give one way in which people in medieval towns got water

A

Water carriers
Conduits

24
Q

What did gongfermers do

A

They would clean up the latrines and cesspits

25
Q

What did people carry to ‘cure’ miasma

A

Flowers
Burned rosemary

26
Q

Name three formes of the black death

A

Bubonic plague
Pneumonic plague
Septicemic plague

27
Q

How does the black death develop

A

High fever
Boils over the body
Vomit blood

28
Q

What did the specialist jury’s look at

A

Food quality

29
Q

What are the four humours

A

Blood
Yellow bile
Black bile
Phlegm

30
Q

Name two types of mills

A

Watermill
Windmill

31
Q

What was the role of the king

A

Law and order
Defend
Encourage trade

32
Q

What did they do for leisure

A

Had a drink

33
Q

What is a guild

A

A group of people

34
Q

What did each parish have

A

A cathedrel

35
Q

What did town authorities do .1

A

Clean up streets

36
Q

What did town authorities do 2.

A

Employ gongfermers and rakers

37
Q

Who ran the town

A

Mayor and alderman

38
Q

What is was the medieval toilet called

A

Latrine

39
Q

What was the most popular religion at the time

A

Catholicism

40
Q

One unhelpful cure to the black death

A

Prayer

41
Q

Who didn’t believe it was there responsibility to help

A

The monarch

42
Q

Houses were easy to heat - Helpful or hiderence

A

Helpful

43
Q

Was not easy to ventilate - Helpful or hiderence

A

Hiderence

44
Q

Deiseses killed animals - Helpful or hiderence

A

Hiderence

45
Q

A good harvest led to health and comfort - Helpful or hiderence

A

Helpful

46
Q

Peasents drank small bear - Helpful or hiderence

A

Both it contains little alcohol but still alcohol

47
Q

Some village supplies were contaminated - Helpful or hiderence

A

Hiderence

48
Q

Each garden had waste tip - Helpful or hiderence

A

Help

49
Q

Cesspits contaminated water - Helpful or hiderence

A

Hinderance

50
Q

Merchants had larger houses - Helpful or hiderence

A

Helpful

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