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Pentathlon Social Studies Quiz Pages 27-47

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 56mins

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1.

Plato's anatomical description of the human body in "Timaeus" is a three part system of the________. It is_________,____________, and ____________

a)

heart; circulation (blood), bile (illness), bone (structure)

b)

brain; intellect (head), emotion (heart), appetite (stomach)

c)

soul; reason (head), spirit (chest), desire (gut)

d)

spirit; bone (structure), blood (circulation), brain (reason)

2.

Which of the following did Plato believe was true for both philosophers and physicians?

a)

both want a balance between disruptive forces and good order

b)

both considered "health" and "good order" to mean the same thing

c)

both believed that disruptive forces were things like untamed appetites or emotions

d)

all of the above

3.

Who said the following and what does it mean? " Nature does nothing in vain."

a)

Aristotle; Answers about the universe is already there. We just have to find them.

b)

Plato; Nature was planned by a divine will and has purpose.

c)

Socrates; Answers about the universe are already there. We just have to find them.

d)

Hippocrates; Nature was planned by a divine will and has purpose.

4.

What was Galen's motivation to study anatomy and philosophy?

a)

He wanted to help the poor that were not receiving as much medical treatment as the rich

b)

He wanted to become famous and prove himself to his family

c)

He was a professor that wanted to learn the truth for his students.

d)

He wanted to understand universal truths

5.

Which 3 major "sects" of medical thinking existed in Galen's time ?

a)

The Rationalists, the Methodists, and the Empirics

b)

The Philosophers, the Physicians, and the Botanists

c)

The Astronomers, the Alchemists, and the Philosophers

d)

none of the above

6.

All of the following are true about Galen EXCEPT:

a)

He moved to Rome in midlife pursuing public dispute

b)

He believed a medical practitioner should be trained in logic, physics, and method

c)

He first worked as a physician to Greek gladiators

d)

He made public disputes a spectacle

7.

One of the "public spectacles" Galen performed in Rome was...

a)

exposing the intestines of an ape and sewing them back in

b)

cutting the heart out of an animal and sewing it back in

c)

none of the above

d)

all of the above

8.

What was the result of Galen's fame

a)

he shaped the perspective on medicine and medical history for centuries

b)

He was able to combine the works and ideas from different places and authors into one source

c)

all of the above

d)

none of the above

9.

What is the Hippocratic Oath?

a)

Always save patients at all costs

b)

First think of the patients needs

c)

Always save the soul

d)

First do no harm

10.

All of the following are true about the Hippocratic oath EXCEPT:

a)

The oath received a lot of attention during times when people lost confidence about the healthcare system

b)

The oath talks about appropriate behavior for medical practitioners

c)

It began to appear as part of graduation ceremonies in medical schools

d)

The oath includes requirements such as honesty, confidentiality, and loyalty

11.

Most Roman doctors were ________and were called________

a)

slaves or ex-slaves, medici

b)

aristocrats, medici

c)

gladiators and soldiers, medici

d)

philosophers, medici

12.

The medici were able to do which of the following?

a)

diagnose illnesses

b)

perform dental work

c)

remove small bones

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

13.

What are compound drugs

a)

a recipe with room for substitutions and modifications

b)

an elite medicine made of more than 2 ingredients

c)

a medicine with a specific recipe

d)

a solution made with modifications for the patient

14.

Which of the following is true about Theriac?

a)

It was known as an antidote for scorpion bites and other poisons

b)

It originated in Persia

c)

King Mithridates never drank it for fear of poisoning

d)

It was created as a pain medicine for women in labor

15.

Galen believed in_______and opposed_________as an acceptable part of medical practice

a)

Humoral theory, Astrology

b)

Astrology, Divinations

c)

Divination, Astrology

d)

Astrology, Humoral theory

16.

Divination is...

a)

observing the ocean patterns to determine cause and effect relationships

b)

observing the patterns in stars to predict cause and effect relationships

c)

observing flight patterns in birds to predict future outcomes

d)

none of the above

17.

Valetudinarium comes from...

a)

the Latin term valetudo (meaning health)

b)

the Greek term valetunari (meaning house)

c)

the Latin term valinari (meaning home)

d)

the Greek term valedictor (meaning healthy)

18.

All of the following is true about the valetudinarium EXCEPT:

a)

the Roman military adopted a similar system for taking care of their soldiers

b)

medici would take care of sick slaves in the valetudinarium

c)

this was a place devoted to taking care of sick aristocrats

d)

special rooms were set aside to be the valetudinarium

19.

Valetudinariums were built in a way to limit the number of patients in a room, increase natural light, and improve ventilation. Why did they do this?

a)

to stop cross contamination of germs

b)

the idea of miasmatic disease

c)

to stop the spread of viruses through touch

d)

the idea of medical treatises and disease

20.

What are miasmas?

a)

a disease in which the patient dies from seizures

b)

rotted wood from water damage and fungus

c)

a liquid medicine made of 97 compounds

d)

noxious vapors from decaying plant or animal matter

21.

Which of the following DID NOT happen in a valetudinarium?

a)

minor surgery

b)

prayers and rituals

c)

amputations

d)

labor and delivery

22.

In the valetudinarium, _____________was considered a sign of healing and ________________was considered a sign of corruption of the wound.

a)

yellow colored discharge, gangrene

b)

laudable pus, abscesses

c)

gangrene, dark colored pus

d)

abscesses, abscesses

23.

How would a corrupted wound be treated in a valetudinarium?

a)

hot pitch and turpentine would be used to burn it away

b)

the wound would be covered in salves and ointments

c)

the wound would be cut out and replaced

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

24.

The period historians refer to as "late antiquity" ended with the decline and fall of the Roman Empire....

a)

between 400s and 476CE

b)

between 500s and 648CE

c)

between 600s and 547CE

d)

between 700s and 345CE

25.

The medieval period or the Middle Ages was between...

a)

400 and 1400CE

b)

500 and 1500CE

c)

600 and 1600CE

d)

700 and 1700CE

26.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, what helped to unify the people across the Mediterranean to Africa and Arabia?

a)

The conflict in Constantinople and the increase of Persian wealth.

b)

The organization of Greco-Roman writings and the decline of modern day Turkey.

c)

The rise and spread of Islam and having a common language: Arabic.

d)

The city of Baghdad unifying the medical treatises

27.

All of the following are true about the Islamic Golden Age EXCEPT:

a)

Islam was known for their hospitals called Perumiristans

b)

It continued from the 700s CE until the Mongol invasions

c)

Persian wealth created funds to support scholarship

d)

Baghdad became known for having medical texts from all over the world.

28.

Bimaristan means....

a)

doctor of health

b)

health

c)

home

d)

house for the sick

29.

Who introduced the description of small pox, cataract surgeries, and new ideas about human and animal anatomies to Western medicine?

a)

Latin-Arabic scholars

b)

Jewish-Christian scholars

c)

Greco-Roman scholars

d)

Arab-Islamic scholars

30.

Rhazes was a famous Muslim physician. What was he famous for?

a)

helping Humoral theory come to Western medicine

b)

Writing about anatomy, diagnosis, and surgery

c)

translating medical texts into Latin

d)

All of the above

31.

Ibn Sina was a famous Muslim physician known for

a)

writing about anatomy, pharmacology, and surgery

b)

bringing Humoral theory to Western medicine

c)

translating medical texts in to Arabic

d)

all of the above

32.

Most writing on ancient Greek medicine has survived into modern day. How did this happen?

a)

Greek texts were translated into Latin which was the official language of the Christian Church

b)

Trade and war allowed the sharing of knowledge over time

c)

Greek texts were preserved by Arabic leaders in one central location.

d)

all of the above

33.

Who was Thomas Aquinas?

a)

a pagan from 1140-23

b)

a philosopher from 800-36

c)

a medical practitioner from 1300-54

d)

a theologian from 1225-74

34.

Why was Thomas Aquinas important?

a)

He said that the senses could be used to gain knowledge about God

b)

He supported many projects to discover natural laws

c)

He was an influential thinker that offered answers to the medieval Church scholars

d)

all of the above

35.

What is scholasticism?

a)

the teaching of Christianity

b)

the teaching of writing and doctrine

c)

the teaching of theology

d)

none of the above

36.

All of the following is true about hospitals EXCEPT

a)

at first hospitals referred to houses that welcomed travelers

b)

By 1200 "hospital" started to mean a place that cared for the sick rich people

c)

Hospitals were a form of charity

d)

Christian and Jewish teachings contributed to the development of hospitals

37.

Why did hospitals have an important place in the teachings of the medieval church?

a)

The symbolism of Christ the healer was an influence

b)

Priests would often teach about observing nature and using what they learned to heal others

c)

Most hospitals were once abandoned churches now being used as hospitals

d)

The medicalization of the hospital through the church took a fairly short amount of time due to the idea of charity.

e)

all of the above

38.

Why was the sick mostly housed around shrines during medieval time?

a)

Shrines usually had holy relics that they were hoping would help with a miracle

b)

Faith healing was often performed at a shrine

c)

The Christian doctrine linked the suffering of Jesus to the concept of charity-which encouraged the spread of shrines

d)

all of the above

39.

What was a lazar house?

a)

It was a place for people to be cared for during the plague

b)

It was named after a biblical place Jesus had visited

c)

a place where physical illness had priority over the soul

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

40.

Why was the medieval period also referred to as the "Dark Ages"?

a)

It was a time of lots of death and destruction caused by diseases with few cures

b)

It was a time when most of the architecture and art focused on evil and the destruction of man through sin

c)

It was a time when the church's influence seemed to make medical and scientific progress go backwards

d)

none of the above

41.

In the 1390s an Italian couple was struggling with infertility. They were given a belt with "magical" powers and were told to say Christian prayers. This was an example of:

a)

a holy relic

b)

advances in the scientific revolution

c)

a magico-religious remedy

d)

a remedy found in a lazar house

42.

Which factors helped important developments during the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Some of the religious universities like Oxford and Cambridge were offering an education in medicine

b)

the universities were teaching medicine and Western Europe grew in wealth

c)

Western Europe grew in population and more hospitals were built

d)

all of the above

43.

What types of education could a medieval physician have?

a)

a few years of work under the supervision of an experienced doctor, experience in surgery, and alchemy

b)

studies on human/animal dissection, a few years of work under the supervision of a senior doctor, and philosophy

c)

studies on religious text/prayers, studies on human/animal dissection, and astrology

d)

studies on alchemy, philosophy, and astrology

44.

Which of the following was true about university trained physicians during medieval times?

a)

They would work in the city where wealthy patients lived

b)

Women were not allowed to train to become physicians

c)

Physicians would use apothecaries to help their patients with less money

d)

both a and b

e)

all of the above

45.

What was the difference between the Hippocratics versus the Galen physicians?

a)

The Hippocratics focused on the four-humor theory to help patients. Galen physicians focused on diet and lifestyle changes to balance health.

b)

The Hippocratics focused on dissection and minor surgery to help patients. Galen physicians used the four-humor theory to balance health.

c)

The Hippocratics focused on diet and lifestyle changes to balance health. Galen physicians focused on the four-humor theory to help patients.

d)

The Hippocratics focused on the four-humor theory to help patients. Galen physicians focused on dissection and minor surgery to help patients.

46.

Galen believed that when bodies became ill, it was because there was an imbalance to the four humors. What are the four humors?

a)

yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, and blood

b)

pus, bile, blood, and phlegm

c)

black blood, yellow bile, green phlegm, and pus

d)

yellow pus, bile, phlegm, and blood

47.

What medical practices did the four-humor theory lead to?

a)

blood withdrawal, surgery, puking, and cupping

b)

puking, bloodletting, innoculation, and cupping

c)

purging, puking, bloodletting, and cupping

d)

none of the above

48.

What was the purpose of "cupping" and using leeches during the medieval times?

a)

They were both used to create a vacuum through heat and blood to refill the body with "healthier" biles

b)

Both were ways to observe the responses to make decisions about patient care

c)

They were both used to clear the body of unnecessary humors and to help the body process new ones

d)

Both were ways used to balance the humors according to Galen

49.

All of the following is true about physicians that followed the Hippocratic principles during the medieval times EXCEPT:

a)

they conducted physical examinations and listened to a person's medical history before making a diagnosis.

b)

They performed a uroscopy which included the observation and tasting of a patient's urine to check for disease

c)

They took a patient's pulse and observed the patient

d)

They used cupping to create a vacuum in the flesh to aid healing and questioned the patient about their lifestyle habits

50.

How was mathematics used in medieval medicine practice?

a)

They would look at the patterns and frequency of things like fevers

b)

They would add the amount of times a patient had to take part in blood lettings and cuppings

c)

They would add the amount of times a patient had fevers and subtract the amount of times they went in for treatment to diagnose

d)

They would search for patterns and the frequency of imbalances in the humors.

51.

How was Astrology used in the practice of medieval medicine?

a)

It was used to predict the future through communication with the dead

b)

It was used to align treatment plans with the stars and planets

c)

It was used to see a connection between the planets and the humors and organs

d)

none of the above

52.

Most medieval surgery was done on___________

a)

the military

b)

the poor

c)

the wealthy

d)

the slaves

53.

Why did apothecaries become the first ones to create a guild?

a)

They wanted to pass on trade secrets

b)

They wanted to protect and keep some of their trade secrets

c)

They wanted to lessen competition

d)

all of the above

54.

Where does the word "apothecaries" come from?

a)

apotherium meaning house of the sick

b)

apoterica meaning drugs

c)

apocaritio medicaments

d)

apotheca meaning storehouse

55.

What were apothecaries?

a)

a place that would buy drugs in bulk

b)

a place that would prepare surgical tools

c)

a place that would work separately from physicians

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

56.

What were the differences between university-educated physicians and a surgeon during the medieval times?

a)

surgeons had higher status while physicians were pushed out of medical schools and into lower guilds

b)

physicians had higher status while surgeons were pushed out of medical schools and into lower guilds

c)

physicians were paid more and compensated while surgeons were paid less and had to provide their own tools

d)

surgeons were paid more and compensated while physicians were paid less and had to provide their own tools

57.

All of the following was true about medieval apothecaries EXCEPT:

a)

they provided a place of rest for ill patients

b)

people could purchase medicinal compounds from an apothecary without seeing a physician first

c)

apothecaries gave medical advice and a diagnosis to patients

d)

apothecaries sold spices, herbs, oils, and they worked with surgeons

58.

What was a medieval barber-surgeon?

a)

A person experienced in giving you an enema, a leeching, and a haircut!

b)

Someone that could give you a shave, haircut, or bloodletting!

c)

A person able to cut your hair then perform minor surgery on you!

d)

None of the above....I mean who would do those things together?!

59.

When were the first reports of the plague reported and spread across Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal?

a)

The 1340s

b)

The 1450s

c)

The 1500s

d)

The 1630s

60.

Pandemic means...

a)

an uncontrollable disease without a cure

b)

a form of cancer without a cure

c)

the spread of a disease from animal to human host

d)

the widespread outbreak of a disease

61.

The plague was also known as...

a)

Ebola

b)

Crimea

c)

The Black Death

d)

The Deadly Nightshade

62.

Why did the plague spread so quickly across Europe in the 1300s?

a)

Travel with boats across ports and trading routes led to exposure

b)

Trading of sick animals contaminating the water supplies infecting everyone

c)

The sharing of water, clothing, and food among sick people caused the illness to spread

d)

The burying of the dead contaminated the soil making the food poisonous.

63.

In the 19th century, what caused investigations into the Black Death?

a)

The idea of the putrid air theory

b)

The suggestion of the germ theory

c)

The discovery of DNA

d)

The four Humor theory

64.

During the ________, DNA extraction techniques were being used to find the cause of the bubonic plague.

a)

1680s

b)

1720s

c)

1880s

d)

1990s

65.

The bacterium named ____________was the cause of the bubonic plague.

a)

Yeseti bacaris

b)

Belavi Pestis

c)

Black Death

d)

none of the above

66.

Historians stated that all of the following were true about the plague EXCEPT:

a)

the plague spread slowly

b)

30% of the population would usually die within the year of a plague outbreak

c)

symptoms of the plague included sores in the mouth and nostrils

d)

a person infected would typically have bad breath

67.

What resulted in people's fears of the plague?

a)

Jewish people were blamed for trying to spread the plague by poisoning wells

b)

Jewish people were burned alive in France because people blamed them for the plague

c)

penitents wandered around towns beating themselves in hopes of making up for their sins and stopping the plague

d)

all of the above

68.

Giovanni Boccaccio was known for....

a)

his discovery of the germ theory

b)

for writing about what people experienced during the plague

c)

for writing about how people could atone for their sins to make the plague go away

d)

his discovery of DNA

69.

What were some of the socioeconomic impacts of the plague?

a)

due to the lower population, resources were more scarce resulting in the higher cost of food

b)

physicians became wealthier due to the rise in need for them while poor people suffered even more

c)

skilled labor was more valuable, some laborers became wealthier as a result

d)

none of the above

70.

How did the plague affect medieval medicine?

a)

physicians realized how limited they were in treating diseases

b)

quarantines caused further spread of the plague resulting in lower populations

c)

hospitals began to double as morgues for the dead

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

71.

How did Greco-Romans view disease control?

a)

They discussed quarantine and inoculations as means to control a disease

b)

They discussed human nature and looked more at the individual instead of medical science

c)

They used Lazar Houses to attempt to cure diseases using science and observation

d)

They believed that the poor should be taken care of by the aristocrats due to a sense of charity

72.

Plato and Aristotle used________,__________,__________ to explore human nature.

a)

anatomy, humoral theory, and dissection

b)

dissection, politics, and economics

c)

anatomy, humoral theory, and philosophy

d)

philosophy, anatomy, and politics

73.

Galen shared the ideas of Hippocrates. However, what he said differed from Hippocrates. Why did Galen do this?

a)

He wanted to convince others that his theories were better than Hippocrates

b)

He discovered better methods than Hippocrates for inquiry and he wanted to share them through comparison

c)

He wanted to use Hippocrates important reputation to help him promote his career and the position of a physician

d)

all of the above

74.

After the fall of the Roman Empire in 400sCE...

a)

Arab-Islamic medicine grew and so did European medicine

b)

Greco-Roman medicine grew while European medicine did not

c)

European medicine grew while Arab-Islamic medicine did not

d)

Arab-Islamic medicine grew while European medicine did not.

75.

European universities began to appear...

a)

around 800CE

b)

around 900CE

c)

around 1000CE

d)

around 1100CE

76.

By 1000CE European Universities were very influenced by

a)

the teachings of the Roman Christian church

b)

the teachings of Eastern religions such as Buddhism

c)

the teachings of Judaism

d)

the teachings of Islam

77.

In 1453, the city of Constantinople fell. This was important to historians because

a)

it divided the late modern period from the early medieval period

b)

it divided the medieval period from the early modern period

c)

It began the Euro-Asian Renaissance

d)

It ended the Greco-Roman Renaissance

78.

Why was Nicolaus Copernicus important?

a)

a) He published a book called about man and their philosophical place in the Universe

b)

b) He challenged Church teachings at the time and helped to begin the Scientific Revolution

c)

c) He developed new ways to observe the body and test for disease

d)

both a and b

e)

all of the above

79.

Who is credited for the invention of the printing press? (The ability to transfer images and words to another surface)

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Andreas Vesalius

c)

Leonardo Da Vinci

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

80.

Why was the invention of the printing press important?

a)

a) printed books were possible

b)

b) It allowed the European middle class to read more books

c)

c) wood and ceramic were in more demand once the press was invented

d)

both a and b

e)

all of the above

81.

Gutenberg is credited for inventing the printing press, but he wasn't what was called a "singular genius". What is a "singular genius"?

a)

the idea that an inventor could recognize the opportunities around him/her and take advantage of them

b)

the idea that one group of people was responsible for the spread of an invention

c)

the idea that more than one person was responsible for the creation of an invention

d)

the idea that one person alone was responsible for the creation of an invention

82.

All of the following is true about Andreas Vesalius EXCEPT:

a)

he was an author and anatomist

b)

He studied in Paris and became a dissector

c)

was known for writing a book called De Fabrica. It illustrated the human body in great detail.

d)

He inspired other pharmacologists to look more closely herbal remedies for anatomical problems

e)

famous for being the first scientist during the Renaissance to open a human body to study anatomy

83.

Who saw the body and the cosmos as machines and believed that everything in creation had a purpose that could be known?

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Andreas Vesalius

c)

Leonardo Da Vinci

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

84.

Da Vinci believed in the Arab-Islamic interpretations of a person's spirit called, "pneuma". Which of the following is true about pneuma according to Da Vinci?

a)

it gives the body its energy

b)

it moves thoughts and emotions

c)

it moves the muscles in the body

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

85.

Which of the following is true about William Harvey?

a)

he is known for his work on Embryology

b)

he is known for his work on blood circulation

c)

he studied at Harvard University

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

86.

Which of the following is true about Hieronymous Fabricius?

a)

he is known as being the "Father of Embryology"

b)

he compared the anatomy of different animals in his research

c)

he used empirical methods to understand his subjects of study

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

87.

How did Harvey discover that blood is circulated through the body?

a)

He performed a vivisection and discovered that the amount of blood forced through the heart in an hour was more than the amount of blood in the entire body

b)

He studied the anatomy of human hearts and discovered that several valves lead to the rest of the body which infers that blood is being circulated to many different parts

c)

After performing autopsies on many different animals, he discovered that the similarities between human and animal functioning of the digestive system lead to blood circulation

d)

none of the above

88.

The famous book that Harvey wrote about how the arteries and blood in the veins are connected is called_______________.

a)

The Heart Revealed

b)

De Fabrica

c)

De Motu Cordis

d)

Vivisection and Anatomy

89.

The connection between the arteries and blood being circulated through the body was proven...

a)

when the stethoscope was invented and the heart and blood flow were able to be heard

b)

when the stethoscope was invented and the circulatory system was heard

c)

when the microscope was invented and veins were discovered

d)

when the microscope was invented and capillaries were discovered

90.

_____________used the microscope because he believed _________

a)

Galileo, that the universe and the body were parts of a great machine that could be understood with close observation

b)

Nicholas Culpeper, that the microscope was a "window from god" that would help man to better understand the body

c)

Rene Descartes, that the soul was separate from the body and the microscope provided a way for man to understand the body

d)

Marcello Malpighi, that the body was a machine that could be seen with a powerful enough lens

91.

All of the following are true about Paracelsus EXCEPT:

a)

he burned copies of books by Rene Descartes

b)

his type of medicine was mostly supported by the European Aristocrats and royalty

c)

he found new approaches to chemical medicine

d)

he looked for "divinely" made plants and minerals to make his own medicine

e)

he was highly influenced by the Protestant Reformation

92.

What was the effect of Nicholas Culpeper's published book, "Culpeper's Herbal"

a)

he provided people with medical remedies that were easy to get

b)

he helped regular people get access to medical information

c)

he made the practice of medicine cheaper for the poor people that could not afford their own doctors

d)

all of the above