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Pentathlon Social Studies Quiz Pgs. 48-67

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the fall of Constantinople cause?

a)

the exploration called the Columbian Exchange

b)

a revival of Ancient Egyptian Art and philosophy in Europe

c)

an influence to Eastern medicine in the Scientific Revolution

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

2.

What was the effect of the invention of Gutenberg's movable type on the population as a whole?

a)

It expanded people's access to knowledge

b)

more people could practice medicine

c)

more people had access to books

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

3.

According to historians, inventors and scientists like Gutenberg, Copernicus, Vesalius, and Harvey were considered________________________.

a)

products of their time

b)

singular geniuses

c)

ambitious social climbers

d)

legendary accomplishments

4.

__________and _____________laid the foundations for scientific medicine because they broke with the past and introduced Galenic anatomy and the idea that blood circulates.

a)

Vesalius and Galen

b)

Galen and Harvey

c)

Harvey and Vesalius

d)

none of the above

5.

What did both Paracelsus and Nicholas Culpepper want in regards to medicine?

a)

They wanted medicine to be more practical and available to everyone

b)

They wanted more empirical evidence when learning about disease and their causes

c)

They wanted to follow more closely the Christian ethics towards charity and help for the poor

d)

all of the above

6.

_________was interested in mineral-based therapies to heal the sick.

a)

Culpeper

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Galen

d)

Gutenberg

7.

________published the English College of Physician's exclusive list of herbs.

a)

Harvey

b)

Vesalius

c)

Paracelsus

d)

Culpeper

8.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

a)

the exchange of goods, people, and laws between Europe and America during the days of Christopher Columbus

b)

the exchange of ideas, politics, and philosophies between Europe and America during the days of Christopher Columbus

c)

the exchange between plants, animals and diseases between Europe and America during the days of Christopher Columbus

d)

the exchange of culture, disease, and healing rituals between Europe and America during the days of Christopher Columbus

9.

Why did a historian call the Columbian Exchange, "one of the most cataclysmic events ever for human health"?

a)

It killed vast amounts of indigenous people by introducing diseases like smallpox and influenza

b)

It killed vast amounts of indigenous people by introducing diseases like dysentery and typhoid

c)

It killed vast amounts of European people by introducing diseases like smallpox and influenza

d)

It killed vast amounts of European people by introducing diseases like dysentery and typhoid

10.

How did the North American Indians and the Europeans help each other's medical knowledge?

a)

they shared common knowledge about animal anatomy and their uses

b)

they shared the types of animals and plant foods that were safe to eat

c)

they exchanged rituals to heal illnesses

d)

they exchanged plant-based medicines for illnesses

11.

All of the following are true about the introduction of small pox in the New World EXCEPT

a)

70-75% of native people died after Europeans arrived in the New World.

b)

Some Europeans deliberately tried to spread the disease by giving out "smallpox blankets" that were infected

c)

Some Europeans risked their lives to care for their sick Indian neighbors

d)

people based in Europe and far away from the frontier tended to care less about what was happening to the Indians

12.

In 1665 __________ killed one-fifth of London and half of the urban population in Italy from 1656-1657 and later in France from 1720-1721

a)

Small Pox

b)

Cholera

c)

The Great Plague

d)

Dysentery

13.

Why did the plague suddenly disappear from Europe in the late 1700s?

a)

mandatory inoculations and vaccines were given to the public

b)

people started to build natural immunities to the disease

c)

cities were cleaner and quarantine laws were put into place

d)

vaccinations were developed and cleaner hospitals

14.

In 1570,the position of _______________was given to____________. This was the first real public health job in Europe developed to take charge of the plague.

a)

head nurse, Lady Mary Montagu

b)

lead physician, Harvey Vesalius

c)

united medical practitioner, Cotton Mather

d)

chief medical officer, Giovanni Ingrassia

15.

Why were some public health measures opposed by the public in the 1700s and 1800s?

a)

they were often costly and people were unable to afford the new laws Ex: charging people for healthcare

b)

sometimes they prevented people from doing things they wanted to do Ex: unable to get off of a ship due to a quarantine

c)

politicians supported laws that not everyone agreed with

Ex: requiring that everyone tests positive or negative for the plague

d)

none of the above

16.

The technique used to introduce a small amount of a disease through a small cut in order for the body to build immunities to the full blown disease is known as:

a)

a) inoculation

b)

b) vardelaying

c)

c) bloodletting

d)

both a and b

e)

both b and c

17.

Which of the following is true about Lady Mary Montagu?

a)

she was disfigured by small pox

b)

she helped to popularize inoculations in Europe

c)

she had her 5 year old daughter publicly inoculated

d)

all of the above

18.

During the 1700s and 1800s American colonies learned about inoculations from:

a)

Constantinople or "Turkish medicine"

b)

Europe or "European medicine"

c)

Indian or "heathen medicine"

d)

African or "slave medicine"

19.

All of the following is true about Cotton Mather EXCEPT:

a)

he was a Boston clergyman

b)

he opposed using inoculations because it was a "Heathen " technique

c)

he supported inoculations and learned how to do them

d)

some believed the results of his work were a lie because of the controversy on inoculations at the time

20.

What is the difference between an inoculation versus a vaccination?

a)

an inoculation carries a small amount of a disease while the vaccine carries a larger amount

b)

a vaccine carries a small amount of the disease while the inoculation carries a larger amount

c)

an inoculation is a safer technique

d)

a vaccine is a safer technique

21.

All of the following is true about Edward Jenner EXCEPT:

a)

he used folklore to test his ideas about smallpox

b)

he published work on vaccinations in 1796

c)

he inoculated an eight-year old with smallpox to test his theory

d)

he discovered a connection between chickenpox and the human disease smallpox

22.

Vaccination....

a)

comes from the Latin word "vacca" meaning cow

b)

comes form the Latin word "vacca" meaning chicken

c)

comes form the Greek word "vacca" meaning cow

d)

comes from the Greek word "vacca" meaning chicken

23.

Why do some people criticize the work of Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur?

a)

Both men harmed their patients during their treatments

b)

Both men only offered vaccines to the rich and royalty instead of to everyone

c)

Both men did not use empirical data and were not able to make a cause and effect connection to their vaccines and a cure for the disease

d)

Both men used young people and poor people to test their vaccines

24.

During the 1700s and the 1800s, what were the major differences between a physician and a surgeon?

a)

surgeons were more respected and paid more

b)

physicians were able to set bones, treat wounds, and remove bladder stones while surgeons could not

c)

surgeons were seen as experts who dealt with the inner workings of the body

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

25.

Physician comes from....

a)

the Latin word "physis" meaning study of physical being

b)

the Greek word "physis" meaning study of nature

c)

the Latin word "physis" meaning study of macrocosms

d)

The Greek word "physis" meaning knowledge of body

26.

Surgeon comes from....

a)

chirurgia, a Latin and Greek word meaning apprenticed craftsman

b)

surgi, a Greek word meaning to find

c)

Ruturche, a Latin word meaning handmade

d)

vacca, a Latin and Greek word meaning "to do no harm"

27.

During the 1500s in London which guild was considered the "lowest" in regards to their hierarchy and reputation?

a)

The Royal College of Physicians of London

b)

The Guild of Apothecaries

c)

The United Company of Barber-Surgeons of London

d)

The Guild of Midwives

28.

During the 1500s in London which guild was considered the "highest" in regards to their hierarchy and reputation?

a)

The Royal College of Physicians of London

b)

The United Company of Barber-Surgeons of London

c)

The Guild of Apothecaries

d)

The Guild of Midwives

29.

In the British colonies of New England, which University was the first to offer a medical school in 1782?

a)

Stanford University

b)

Yale University

c)

Harvard University

d)

Brown University

30.

The "medical marketplace" in New England was....

a)

a place where medical remedies were produced and sold to anyone

b)

a place where medical advice was given from licensed professionals under controlled circumstances

c)

the idea that people could get medical help from university educated and unlicensed doctors if they wanted

d)

the idea that people could only seek medical advice from licensed individuals

31.

A "quack" or charlatan was.....

a)

a traveling salesman that offered a wide variety of unlicensed services

b)

a person that falsely claimed to have helpful skills or treatments for a patient

c)

a magician that tried to mix religious ceremony and traditional medicine in treatment

d)

none of the above

32.

Caveat emptor means....

a)

buyer beware

b)

do no harm

c)

careful what you wish for

d)

focus on observation

33.

During the 1800s after the French Revolution, Paris hospitals provided a place where new medical treatment could be applied. What was this known as?

a)

"The Death of Magico-Religious Traditions"

b)

"The Age of the Renaissance"

c)

"The Scientific Revolution"

d)

"The Birth of the Clinic"

34.

Empiricism is....

a)

Knowledge based on calculation and formal studies

b)

Knowledge based on research done by licensed and unlicensed professionals

c)

Knowledge based on theory

d)

Knowledge based on experience and observation

e)

none of the above

35.

In the 1800s Humoralists would relieve patients' sufferings by...

a)

focusing on diet, lifestyle, and using chemicals for puking

b)

focusing on environment and chemically enhanced bloodletting

c)

focusing on genetic differences and using mild types of surgery

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

36.

Which of the following is true about Benjamin Rush and his "heroic medicine" approach?

a)

His theories helped the Surgeon general of the Continental Army to heal many of the wounded soldiers

b)

His treatments led to unnecessary blood loss treatments and poisoning

c)

His empirical knowledge and experiments led to breakthroughs in humoral medicine

d)

His experiments on young people and the poor led to many ethical debates on how to treat infectious diseases.

37.

During the 1800s in the United States, a little blue pill called____________became popular due to Benjamin Rush. Unfortunately, it contained Mercury and was toxic. :(

a)

obstetrics

b)

calomine

c)

obralique

d)

calomel

38.

What is a midwife?

a)

a woman that finds a wife for a prospective husband

b)

a person trained in a university in obstetrics

c)

A person that assists a woman giving birth

d)

none of the above

39.

A very famous midwife was _____________. She attended nearly 1,000 births during her life. Her diary contained accurate information on how to keep the mother and the baby safe during delivery.

a)

Martha Ballard

b)

Mary Rush

c)

Florence Nightengale

d)

Lady Mary Montagu

40.

During the 1800s physicians made themselves the authority on helping pregnant mothers give birth instead of midwives. What resulted because of this?

a)

live babies were less likely to be born

b)

pregnant mothers were less likely to come out of birthing alive

c)

medical technologies were overused and misused for birth like the prescription of pain medication

d)

women had fewer opportunities to practice medicine

e)

all of the above

41.

What is the branch of medicine that covers childbirth and the care of pregnant women called?

a)

babyology

b)

calistenics

c)

obstetrics

d)

dionetrics

42.

Many physicians in the 1700s tried to keep their medical knowledge secret to make money and gain fame and authority. ________________was known for sharing his medical knowledge by writing a book called_______________to help people that were not physicians on how to take care of themselves.

a)

Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Domestic Medicine

b)

William Buchan, Domestic Medicine

c)

Giovanni Battista Morgagni, De Sedibus

d)

William Buchan, De Sedibus

43.

All of the following is true about Giovanni Battista Morgagni EXCEPT:

a)

he helped build a system in which physicians studied bodies to find medical answers

b)

He wrote the book, "A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases"

c)

He started the trend of studying postmortem (or dead bodies) and making clinical observations

d)

His work led to physicians in Paris using autopsies (cutting open of dead bodies for study) to make connections to previous diagnoses of a disease

44.

In the late 1700s, Paris put bodies (both living and dead) at the center of their research, teaching, and practice. Which of the following resulted because of this?

a)

bodies were being categorized under "diseased" and "non-diseased" classifications

b)

understanding the disease and how it attacked bodies was more important than treating an individual patient

c)

In the clinic, the patient became the detective of their own disease assisting the physician with diagnosis

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

45.

Using Observation of a sick patient while they were still alive and observing that same patient's diseased corpse after they died to investigate diseases scientifically is known as:

a)

disease-based pathology

b)

corroboration of diagnosis

c)

physician agreed investigation

d)

clinic-pathological correlation

e)

all of the above

46.

The work of Parisian doctors in the late 1700s and the early 1800s used close observation and physical examination continuing ____________________that was lost during the medieval times.

a)

Hippocratic practice

b)

Humoral medicine

c)

Aristotlean practice

d)

Anatomical medicine

e)

all of the above

47.

______________developed the stethescope.

a)

Rene Laennec

b)

Mari Bachat

c)

Giovanni Morgani

d)

Benjamin Rush

48.

All of the following is true about Marie Francois Xavier Bichat EXCEPT:

a)

He proposed categorizing body parts based on texture and appearance

b)

he studies "lesions" and different tissues earlier in the progress of a disease

c)

He wrote Treatise on Membranes and General Anatomy

d)

He was the first person that took the theory of disease and based it on fluids in the body

49.

In the 1800s Germany built laboratories. Which of the following is true?

a)

they were cooperative- designed to have researchers work together and to train new professionals

b)

they had different focuses such as physiology and chemistry

c)

new types of machinery were invented like microscopes because of the high demand from laboratories

d)

German laboratory science was the world's best at the time.

e)

all of the above

50.

Why was the development of the microscope important?

a)

It began a new look into dissective anatomy

b)

It led to chemical and physiological science

c)

It led to "cellular science"

d)

all of the above

51.

All of the following is true about Rudolf Virchow EXCEPT:

a)

He wrote "Cellular Pathology" in 1858

b)

His theories helped people to understand life as well as disease

c)

He was a pathologist that used microscopes to map out cell science

d)

His theories were not very widely accepted toward the end of the 1800s

52.

Anton Mesmer claimed to have discovered a force he called,_________________. It later led to _______________

a)

Magnetized Rodding, Animal Magnetism

b)

Mesmerism, Magnetized Rodding

c)

Animal Magnetism, Mesmerism

d)

Mesmerism, Animal Magnetism

53.

Which of the following was true about Anton Mesmer's "Animal Magnetism"?

a)

he believed it was responsible for the attraction between two people

b)

he believed that understanding of it could help him heal tumors and lesions

c)

he believed he could use magnetized rods to direct fluid in the body

d)

none of the above is true

54.

Why did the commission assembled in France determine that Anton Mesmer's "Animal Magnetism" wasn't a new force?

a)

It was being used with hypnosis which is not a proven science

b)

other physicians were unable to see any evidence of a new force using microscopic lenses.

c)

They couldn't reproduce the effects of his cures.

d)

all of the above