Medieval Britain 1250 - 1500 (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Quizzes
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When did the Black Death arrive in Europe?
When did the Black Death arrive in Europe?
October 1347
Which Chinese province experienced the epidemic in 1333?
Which Chinese province experienced the epidemic in 1333?
Hopei
What percentage of the English population died from the plague over two years?
What percentage of the English population died from the plague over two years?
30 to 40%
When did the Great Plague of London occur?
When did the Great Plague of London occur?
1665 and 1666
What bacteria caused the bubonic plague?
What bacteria caused the bubonic plague?
Yersinia pestis
How was the plague spread?
How was the plague spread?
By infected rats' fleas
Which medical theory did medieval doctors believe in during the plague?
Which medical theory did medieval doctors believe in during the plague?
Miasma
How many deaths occurred in London between 1348 and 1350?
How many deaths occurred in London between 1348 and 1350?
About 20,000
What unsanitary procedures did physicians use?
What unsanitary procedures did physicians use?
Bloodletting and boil-lancing
Whose early ideas did medieval doctors accept and employ?
Whose early ideas did medieval doctors accept and employ?
Hippocrates and Galen
When did Joan Plantagenet die of the plague?
When did Joan Plantagenet die of the plague?
2 September 1348
What was the Vicary method?
What was the Vicary method?
Strapping a hen to swollen lymph nodes