Middle Ages to Modern Era History - Assessment Base PDF

-That the Middle Ages ran from 1250-1500, early modern period 1500-1750, industrial 1750-1900, and modern 1900-present -That most people in the Middle Ages lived on manors in the countryside -That the country was run by a king -That rich people lived in larger homes and ate more meat -That poor...

-That the Middle Ages ran from 1250-1500, early modern period 1500-1750, industrial 1750-1900, and modern 1900-present -That most people in the Middle Ages lived on manors in the countryside -That the country was run by a king -That rich people lived in larger homes and ate more meat -That poor people ate pottage and starvation was a risk -That waste disposal just involved going in the ground -The main second order concepts to use are cause, consequence, change, continuity, and diversity -The Black Death arrived in England in 1348 -People believed the Black Death was sent by God -Peoples' responses to the Black Death did not work because they didn't understand what caused it -That the king did very little to deal with public health because it was not seen as his role to do so -Action on public health was piecemeal and depended on the local authorities -In Bristol, prostitutes were made to move outside the city because it was believed they spread miasma -That monasteries had much better and cleaner health systems because the Church had so much money -That the early modern period and Middle Ages were very similar because science and technology had not developed much -That wealthy people had more diverse diets because they had more money -That waste disposal was the same as in the Middle Ages -That most people still had to collect water -That plague struck every 20 years on average -That people turned to God in response to plague because they didn't know what caused it -That government issued plague orders -That responses to plague were not successful because of the lack of scientific knowledge -That society did not break down because of the plague -That gin was a major issue by the 1750s but the government made it so expensive people stopped drinking it as much -That plague did not return after 1670 so town authorities in some places installed gas lights and paved areas -Towns and cities grew rapidly in the Industrial Revolution which made them very dirty -That adulterated food was a common problem and water was very dirty -That housing was very cramped and spread disease with back-to-backs common -That government had a laissez faire attitude about society which meant people could do what they wanted -That cholera killed 55,000 people in 1832 -That cholera was waterborne but people did not know what caused it so still turned to God a great deal -That Chadwick's 'Sanitary Report' directly challenged laissez faire and proved the link between dirt and disease -That the government passed the 1848 Public Health Act because of Chadwick but it didn't do much because it was permissive -That some people objected to the government taking action because it would cost money -That the 1875 Public Health Act improved the issues of water and waste -That the 1875 Public Health Act was passed because of a weakening of laissez faire, the Great Stink, because more people could vote, and because of improvements in science and technology