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4th - History of Healthcare

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What quote was used to incorporate a patient's physical and mental wellbeing?

a)

“A healthy body needs a healthy mind.”

b)

“A healthy mind needs a healthy heart.” 

c)

“A healthy mind in a healthy body.”

d)

“A healthy lung in a healthy mind.”

2.

What did the Romans believe caused illness?

a)

eating feces

b)

bad food

c)

bad water and sewage

d)

using raw goat intestine as condoms

3.

Who inspired the Roman sanitation system?

a)

The Spaniards 

b)

The Greeks

c)

The French

d)

The Native People

4.

What did the Romans use instead of soap?

a)

Hot water

b)

Bleach

c)

They just scrubbed their bodies with rocks.

d)

Scented oils

5.

Who was the first doctor to use antiseptic in surgery?

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Ernst Von Bergmann

c)

Dr. Phil

d)

Mr. Russell

6.

When was penicillin created?

a)

1920 AD

b)

1928 AD

c)

1969 AD

d)

1738 AD

7.

What was the deadly disease in the summer of 1929?

a)

Polio

b)

Cancer

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

Psittacosis

8.

What were the new health hazards of 1945-1975?

a)

Obesity, Lung Cancer, Foot Fungus, and Measles

b)

Obesity, Lung Cancer, Neuroses, and Hypertension

c)

Obesity, Lung Cancer, Homosexuality, and AIDS

d)

Obesity, STDs, Brain Cancer, and Ginger

9.

Who was the person that announced their polio vaccine?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Donald Trump

10.

What did the Greeks think caused diseases at first?

a)

 syphilis

b)

Vegetables, fruit, wheat, corn, etc.. because the soil was making the crops bad

c)

constipation

d)

angry beings

11.

Who “Discovered” Oxygen?

a)

Elvis

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Joseph Priestley

d)

Benjamin Franklin

12.

When was the Bubonic Plague?

a)

1789-1794

b)

1247-1253

c)

1225-1238

d)

1346-1352

13.

Who invented the microscope?

a)

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Leonardo de Vinci

c)

Vincent Van Gogh

d)

Paul Ehrich

14.

Who Developed Asepsis?

a)

Paul Ehrich

b)

Ernst Von Bergmann

c)

Leonardo de Vinci

d)

Joseph Lister

15.

Who Discovered the Fallopian Tube?

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

William Harvey

d)

Gabriele Falloppio

16.

Who invented the Stethoscope?

a)

Laennec

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Joe Green

d)

Hippocrates

17.

About what percent of people were obese in the 1950’s?

a)

60%

b)

5%

c)

10%

d)

25%

18.

Who invented bifocals?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Laennec

c)

Jorge Snippet

d)

Edward Jenner

19.

Who discovered the smallpox vaccine?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

George Homes

c)

Nathaniel Bates

d)

Alexander Fleming

20.

Who discovered penicillin?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

George Homes

c)

Nathaniel Bates

d)

Alexander Fleming

21.

Who was nicknamed “The Father of Medicine"?

a)

Zeus

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Diogenes

22.

What did the Romans use to cure sore eyes?

a)

Boiled Cabbage

b)

Boiled Liver

c)

Garlic

d)

Glasses

23.

Where did the bubonic plague come from?

a)

Cows

b)

Bats

c)

Fleas

d)

Black Cats

24.

What President launches Health Center Growth Initiative?

a)

George Washington

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Abe Lincoln

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

25.

What would barbers also do in the years 400-800 AD?

a)

act as accountants

b)

act as doctors

c)

act as dentist

d)

act as engineers