History-Yr 9 Exam

• God punishing people for their sins was blamed for causing the Black Death.
• The position of planets in the night sky was believed to cause the Black Death.
• Miasma, which were bad smells that people believed caused disease, was blamed for the Black Death.
• Jews were accused of poisoning the water supply during the Black Death.
• Bubonic plague, a version of the plague spread by fleas, was a key feature of the Black Death.
• Buboes, which were pus filled swellings, were a symptom of bubonic plague during the Black Death.
• Pneumonic plague, a version of the plague spread through the air, was a feature of the Black Death.
• During the Black Death, attempted treatments included prayer, bloodletting, rubbing excrement onto buboes, and popping buboes.
• The Protestant Reformation, a period in the 1500s during which protestants broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, occurred during the Black Death.
• Monasteries, places where monks lived and worked, were closed in England after Henry VIII created the Church of England so that Henry could sell their land during the Black Death.
• Bloody Mary, a nickname given to Mary I because she executed hundreds of protestants by burning them at the stake, was a key figure during the Black Death.
• The Armada, a large fleet of warships, was sent by Philip II of Spain to attack England during the Black Death.
• Laissez-faire government, a government that does little to support people, believes it is better not to interfere too much and that people should solve their own problems, was not a feature of the Black Death.
• 1348 marked the arrival of the Black Death in England.
• 1509 was the year Henry VIII became king.
• 1517 marked the year Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses criticising the Roman Catholic Church.
• 1534 marked the year the Act of Supremacy made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England, making England a protestant country.
• 1547 marked the year Henry VIII died and Edward VI became king.
• 1553 marked the year Edward Vi died and Mary I became queen.
• 1558 marked the year Mary I died and Elizabeth I became queen.
• 1558 marked the end of the Tudor Period.
• 1750 marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
• 1900 marked the end of the Industrial Revolution.