The Black Death - Week 4

The name of the roofs used in the Middle Ages was

• Straw roof

• Thatch roof

• Timber roof

• Bread roof

The living conditions of Medieval Europe helped to spread the virus because

• they were unsanitary

• animals would live with them

• people were too clean

• people didn't have sanitiser

Hippocrates did which of the following?

• decided that showering was important.

• started to concoct herbs for illnesses.

• started the first Peasants' Revolt.

• determined illnesses were not sent from the Gods.

What are the four humours?

• Flemming, Singing, Melody, Colouring

• Phlegmatic, Choleric, Melancholic, Sanguine

• North, East, South, West

• Yellow, Red, Blue, Green

Which of the following is a cure that doctors tried?

• spitting on you

• rubbing chopped up snake on the wounds

• giving you penicillin

• giving you paracetamol

What was the practise called when doctors would purposely make you bleed out.

• bleeding out

• bloodletting

• blood flowing

• blood bath

Most of the population of Medieval Eurpoe was which of the following religion?

• Muslim

• Lutheran

• Pentecostal

• Roman Catholic

Who was allowed to tend to the ill first in Medieval Europe?

• Doctors

• Priests

• The King

• Nurses

Why did Plague Doctors wear a long cloak?

• To protect the entire body

• It was fashionable

• To look swaggy

• So people could identify them easily

Why did people believe they became ill?

• Because they had low immunity

• Because they had sinned

• Because they were being rewarded by God

• Because they were anaemic