Exam Questions

Question 1

Explain one in which Ancient Roman Medicine was different to Ancient Greek Medicine? (4 marks - 6 minutes )

Answer 1

Romans = Public Health, focused on causes, prevention and treatments.

Question 2

Describe two features of the Black Death

Answer 2

• Religious beliefs
• Prevention/ Treatment methods
  e. g drinking vinegar or poison to kill the disease.

Question 3

Explain why the Black Death caused medical regress? ( 12 marks)

Answer 3

• flagellation
• supernatural or religious beliefs
• lack of knowledge on diseases and germs

Question 4

How far do you agree that religious hindered the development of medicine in the Middle Ages? (16 marks)

• Medical training
• Public Health

Answer 4

• Religious beliefs

Question 5

Explain one way in which the treatments in the Renaissance were similar to those of the Medieval Period.

Answer 5

Religious aspect
-God was the cure so treatments were praying, lighting candles, everyday church services, stopping activities that God wouldn’t like.