Ancient History
China
Medieval Life
A few centuries ago
Modern Times
100
Which ancient Greek doctor is often called the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
100
Which legendary Chinese ruler is said to have taught people about medicine.
Huang-ti (Huangdi) or The Yellow Emperor
100
During the Middle Ages, what disease killed millions of people across Europe?
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
100
Which English doctor developed the first successful vaccine?
Edward Jenner
100
Which scientist accidentally discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
200
According to Hippocrates, disease was caused by an imbalance of what four substances?
The four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile)
200
Ancient Chinese medicine believed health depended on balancing what two opposing forces?
Yin and Yang
200
During the Middle Ages, many people believed disease was a punishment from whom?
God
200
Which Dutch scientist was the first to observe microorganisms using a microscope?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
200
Which scientist proved that microorganisms cause many diseases?
Louis Pasteur
300
What was the Roman system of transporting fresh water into cities called?
Aqueducts
300
What medical practice involves inserting thin needles into the body?
Acupuncture
300
What group of people often cared for the sick in monasteries during the Middle Ages?
Monks (or monks and nuns)
300
Which German scientist identified the bacteria responsible for diseases such as tuberculosis?
Robert Koch
300
Which disease was prevented by the vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin?
Polio
400
Why was Hippocrates' approach to medicine considered revolutionary?
He believed diseases had natural causes rather than being caused by angry gods.
400
Besides medicine, what did Huang-ti encourage people to improve through observation of nature?
Health and wellbeing (or understanding how the body worked with nature)
400
Name one reason the Black Death spread so rapidly through Europe.
Poor sanitation / crowded cities / fleas on rats / trade routes.
400
Jenner noticed that milkmaids who caught which disease rarely caught smallpox?
Cowpox
400
Why is penicillin considered one of the greatest medical discoveries?
It was the first widely used antibiotic and saved millions of lives by treating bacterial infections.
500
The Hippocratic Oath is still associated with which profession today?
Doctors (medical practitioners)
500
Ancient Chinese medicine viewed illness as an imbalance between the body and what?
Nature (or Yin and Yang/forces of nature)
500
Explain why medieval doctors were generally unable to stop the Black Death.
They did not know germs caused disease and relied on incorrect ideas such as bad air
500
Put these scientists in chronological order:
Jenner, Leeuwenhoek, Koch, Pasteur
Leeuwenhoek → Jenner → Pasteur → Koch
500
Compare the polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin.
Salk developed an injected, killed-virus vaccine;
Sabin developed an oral, live weakened-virus vaccine.