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Medieval Crime and Punishment / Black Death
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Review of lesson on this topic for Year 8 studies
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1
The purpose of the punishment pictured was to...?
Get rid of rotten vegetables
Shame and act as a deterrent
Shame the guilty
Act as a deterrent to would be criminals
2
Trial by combat was mostly used by...?
Youth criminals
Nobles and knights
Peasants who wanted revenge on a noble
Women
3
Burning at the stake was reserved for what crimes usually?
Tax frauds and witches
Tax frauds and thieves
Manslaughter and murder
Blasphemers, thieves and witches
4
People were encouraged to live Godly lives because...
Of a fear of going to hell
It helped control people and do what church wanted
King and Nobles needed peasants to behave
All are correct
5
Trial by water ordeal is best described as...?
Tie up with rope and - if they float - innocent, sink guilty
A new medieval ride at Disneyland
Best way to get information from political prisoners
Dripping water on a persons head - feels like a hammer
6
In trial by fire you were deemed innocent if...?
You didn't scream while holding hot rod
Your wound started healing after 3 days
You didn't burn
If your hand looked like Jesus' pierced hand
7
In medieval times you would give ... to the church?
Communion wine
A tithe which was 10% of what you earned/grew
A tithe which was 12% of what you earned
Hot cross buns at Easter
8
The best way to escape the pain of burning and stretching on the wheel was...?
Have lightening strike your tormentors
Give money to the church
Confess to a crime and then be punished in another way
Death
9
The Black Death reached Europe via
Camel traders from the Middle East
Carrier pigeons often called 'flying rats'
Trading ships into southern Italy
Saracen prisoners taken during the Crusades
10
The role of the Catholic Church and Christianity in justice system was...?
Minimal role - Only role - Priests prayed for guilty
No role - Kings court decided guilt and punishment
None are correct
Key role - God decided guilt through trials by ordeal
11
The best description of the Black Death is...
Rat borne disease, killed half Europe's medieval population
A disease that killed millions in Europe
Rat borne disease that was blamed on religion
A terrible album by Justin Bieber
12
Prisons were not used because...?
Torture was cheaper
They would take up valuable land
Prison needed qualified guards
None are correct
13
Which isn't a reason why severe public punishments were used?
There was no police force then to deter criminals
They were entertainment for people - they had no tv
Public tortures stopped unjust private trials
Act as a deterrent to stop criminals
14
The torture pictured was called?
The stretch
The OMGoodness
The rack
The roast
15
Impacts of the Black Death were...
Changed societal structure in hierarchies such as in France
Economic chaos with no workers in farming and trade
All are correct
Racism and killing of Jewish people
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The Black Death was blamed on...... by people at that time.
Jewish people and a punishment from God
Poor diet
Poor hygiene
Rats
