AQA Britain Health + People

Question 1

Which of the following was not a limitation of early forms of chemical anaesthesia?

Accepted Answer

They were expensive to use

Question 2

What % of Britain's population died as a result of the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

40

Question 3

Which of these factors helped Jenner develop and spread his smallpox vaccination?

Accepted Answer

Government Action, The work of the individual, Communication

Question 4

The Islamic scholar Ibn Sina was also known as:

Accepted Answer

Ibn - Sina

Question 5

Which of the following was not a feature of medieval public health?

Accepted Answer

fines for dumping waste in rivers

Question 6

Who or what funded hospitals in the 1700s (3)

Accepted Answer

Charitable gifts from private individuals, local people, by subscription, Companies and banks

Question 7

Which of these medieval locations had better standards of public health?

Accepted Answer

The Homes of Wealthy Families, Monasteries, Abbeys

Question 8

Which specific disease did medieval 'lazar houses' deal with?

Accepted Answer

Leprosy

Question 9

What did Islamic scholars think about mental illness?

Accepted Answer

That it was an illness like any other

Question 10

In which decade was Jenner's vaccine made compulsory?

Accepted Answer

1850s

Question 11

In what main way did Hospitals change during the 1700s?

Accepted Answer

They offered training to medical students

Question 12

Give three features of the Roman Public Health System

Accepted Answer

Aqueducts, Latrines, Fresh Water

Question 13

Which of these were a limitation of Jenner's work

Accepted Answer

His vaccine could only be used for one disease, He faced opposition doctors and inoculators, He was unable to explain why the vaccine worked

Question 14

What was the name of the boy who Jenner used to test his smallpox vaccine on?

Accepted Answer

James Phipps

Question 15

In what year was the statute of labourers passed?

Accepted Answer

1351

Question 16

Which of the following was not a key figure in medicine during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 17

In what ways did the Christian Church help medicine during the medieval period?

Accepted Answer

Established hospitals, Promoted the ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans, Established universities for training

Question 18

Which of these is not one of the four humours?

Accepted Answer

Green Bile

Question 19

How many hospitals were set up between 1000 and 1500 in England

Accepted Answer

Approx 700

Question 20

Which form of chemical anaesthesia was used in surgery first?

Accepted Answer

Ether

Question 21

Which of these was not a consequence of the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Peasant wages falling

Questions 21