Medicine
Give me an example of medieval medicine
Bloodletting
Potions
Chickens
Where did the Black Death come from?
China/Mongolia
How old was Otzi when he was found?
5,300 years old
What is the definition of Social?
Anything to do with people/society
What is the definition of economic?
Anything to do with the money of a place
What were the Four Humours?
Black Bile
Yellow Bile
Phlegm
Blood
Why was it so difficult to make a cure for the Black Death?
It killed too quickly
What did they think Otzi was doing when he died?
They thought he was out hunting
After many lords died, peasants had no lords. Why was this a good thing for them?
This meant they could work for anyone and could be their own leaders
After the Black Death, how did farmers get more money?
They began to grow more expensive vegetables and fruit trees.
During the plague, what was painted on the door of people infected?
A large red X
How did the Black Death spread from the first city to the rest of Europe?
Rats were on merchant ships and got off from city to city
Name 3 of the OBJECTS Otzi was found with
Arrow
Axe
Netting
Jewelry
After the Black Death, many people began to write and make paintings about death. Why?
They were traumatized from seeing so much of it during the Black Death
Because there were no more people to work, what did that lead to?
The creation of things like the printing press and the water mill.
What did Claudius Galen ACTUALLY do?
Be specific!
Carried out autopsies on dead animals and found out that arteries carry blood away
Why did Plague Doctors have flowers in their mask?
They thought the plague was spread through bad smells.
Where was Otzi found? (Which country)
Austria!
Why did the nobles not want to become farmers?
They thought it was beneath them and didn't know how to farm
How come farmers had more land after the Black Death?
When was the Hippocratic Oath created?
400BC
What is the Latin name of the Black Death?
You must be able to say it CORRECTLY
Yersinia Pestis
Why is Otzi such an important piece of history?
Why did the Black Death lead to the Renaissance?
Because people had more time and money to spend on art and culture
Who is the creator of the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg