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Medicine- causes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which time period constitutes the Industrial Revolution?

a)

1750-1850

b)

1750-1900

c)

1850-1950

d)

1600-1850

2.

In Manchester what % of children died before the age of 5?

a)

55%

b)

56%

c)

57%

d)

58%

3.

Rickets is a disease caused by a deficiency (lack) of which vitamin?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

4.

The largest outbreak of typhoid was in Maidstone, Kent in 1897. It killed 132 people. How was the outbreak finally ended?

a)

Removing contaminated meat from shops

b)

Removing the handle from the contaminated water pump

c)

Shutting down the contaminated reservoir

d)

Stopping people using their contaminated showers

5.

The virus pandemic that spread after WW1 was called the (a)   flu

6.

Which of these is NOT a cause of the spread of HIV?

a)

unprotected sex

b)

sharing needles

c)

blood transfusion

d)

sharing a toothbrush

7.

In the Early Modern period God was not seen as a cause of illness

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What % of the population was killed by the Black Death?

a)

50

b)

55

c)

60

d)

65

9.

Which word means infected with something?

a)

contaminated

b)

continued

c)

malnourished

d)

intensified

10.

Warfare was a large cause of illness/disease/death in the Medieval period.

a)

False

b)

True