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Ancient Medicine (Medicine through time)

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GCSE Medicine through time
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Question 1

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The defining characteristic of prehistoric societies is that the people of these societies could not write.
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Prehistoric societies believed ........ caused illness.
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  • The elements
  • Spirits
  • bacteria

Question 3

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Prehistoric societies relied on holy women to cure people of illnesses
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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We can presume that prehistoric people knew about the flesh and inner organs of the body because archaeologists have found evidence of...
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  • cannibalism
  • anatomy
  • Animism

Question 5

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Trephinning is...
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  • removing a portion of a person's skull
  • letting a demon out of a person's head
  • an operation on the inside of a person's skull

Question 6

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Which of the following would have been available to prehistoric surgeons?
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  • blood tranfusions
  • x-rays
  • good intentions

Question 7

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Evidence has proved that prehistoric surgeons were able to perform trephinning operations successfully as their patients skulls regrew.
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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Prehistoric peoples...
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  • knew and used medicinal plants and substances
  • probably knew and used medicinal plants and substances
  • may have known and used medicinal plants and substances

Question 9

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Which of the following statements is most true?
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  • Prehistoric peoples seem to have had doctors.
  • Prehistoric peoples seem to have had people who acted as doctors.
  • Prehistoric peoples did not have doctors.

Question 10

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On the balance of the evidence, which of the following statements seems to be most true?
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  • Prehistoric medicine was not medical, it was magic.
  • Prehistoric medicine was not scientific, but it was successful.
  • Prehistoric medicine did not heal, it harmed.

Question 11

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Egyptians believed that 'spirits' caused illness and did so by affecting the way the body worked.
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Of which physiological functions did the ancient Egyptians show a good knowledge?
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  • pulse, breathing, nervous system, liver
  • pulse, breathing, brain, liver
  • pulse, breathing, brain, blood circulation

Question 13

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Isis was the God responsible for epidemics of illness and disease.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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What did ancient Egyptians think a Wehedu did?
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  • blocked channels
  • protected women in childbirth
  • cured the blind

Question 15

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Ancient Egyptians were good at internal surgical operations.
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  • True
  • False
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