Year 7 Health and the People Glossary

Question 1

W.H.O.

Answer 1

World Health Organisation

Question 2

PREHISTORIC

Answer 2

A Period of time before written records

Question 3

ARCHAEOLOGY

Answer 3

The study of prehistory through excavation and artefacts

Question 4

TREPHINING

Answer 4

Prehistoric treatment where holes are made in the skull, perhaps to relieve headaches or evil spirits

Question 5

EGYPTIAN

Answer 5

Ancient civilisation living around the Nile river

Question 6

GREEK

Answer 6

Ancient civilisation living around the Mediterranean

Question 7

ROMAN

Answer 7

Ancient civilisation stretching across Europe and North Africa

Question 8

SURGERY

Answer 8

The physical removal, repair of organs and tissues in the body

Question 9

ANATOMY

Answer 9

The study of the body

Question 10

PUBLIC HEALTH

Answer 10

Government measures to protect the health of the people

Question 11

MIDDLE AGES

Answer 11

The period 1066-1500 (sometimes called the Medieval period)

Question 12

ISLAMIC

Answer 12

To do with the Muslim faith

Question 13

QUACK MEDICINE

Answer 13

Fake medicines

Question 14

BLACK DEATH

Answer 14

Bubonic plague epidemic 1347

Question 15

GREAT PLAGUE

Answer 15

Bubonic plague epidemic 1665

Question 16

EPIDEMIC

Answer 16

Widespread disease

Question 17

PANDEMIC

Answer 17

Worldwide spread disease

Question 18

CHOLERA

Answer 18

Water borne disease caused by bacteria

Question 19

CAUTERISATION

Answer 19

Sealing off wounds often with a hot iron

Question 20

ANAESTHETIC

Answer 20

Pain relief

Question 21

ANTISEPTIC

Answer 21

To stop infection

Question 22

ASEPTIC

Answer 22

Completely free from bacteria

Question 23

PENICILLIN

Answer 23

Antibiotic medicine

Question 24

ANTIBIOTIC

Answer 24

A medicine that kills off bacteria

Question 25

NHS

Answer 25

National Health Service

Question 26

WELFARE STATE

Answer 26

Where the government sets up a system to protect the health and well-being of its citizens