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Water quiz for KS4: John Snow and water contamination #1
 
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Where, and in what year, was John Snow born?
London, 1813
York, 1813
Manchester, 1813
What two historical events were happening in 1813?
Napoleon retreated from Russia; the British Industrial Revolution
Napoleon invaded France; British children no longer had to work
Napoleon retreated from the UK; British children started going to school
John Snow is described as a ‘… perspicacious youth’. What does the adjective ‘perspicacious’ mean?
Someone who notices, realises, and understands things quickly
Someone who thinks they know everything
Someone who knows nothing
What did John Snow’s mum use to send him to school?
Money from the sale of a cow
Money from a lottery win
Money from an inheritance
How old was John Snow when he was apprenticed to a doctor in Newcastle?
13
14
15
What did he first meet during this time?
Influenza (flu)
Tuberculosis
Cholera
How was cholera spread around the world?
Wind
Trade
Animals
How old was he when he first started treating dying patients?
17
18
19
Why would water temporarily make someone feel and look better?
Rehydrates the body
Washes the stomach
Cleans the internal organs
In what century was an effective treatment for cholera found?
19th
20th
21st
John Snow had a hypothesis about how cholera was being transmitted. What was it?
Transmitted through touch
Transmitted through air
Transmitted through water
John Snow revolutionised anaesthetic. What is anaesthetic?
A drug that soothes a sore throat
A drug that cures all aches and pains
A drug that causes loss of sensation and awareness
On what famous British Queen did John Snow anaesthetise twice?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Victoria
According to John Snow, how was cholera spread?
Contagion (humans)
Contagion (animals)
Contagion (plants)
Why did John Snow believe cholera was ingested?
Symptoms started in the stomach
Symptoms started in the throat
Symptoms started on the tongue
What did John Snow find was contaminating the water?
Faecal matter
Facial matter
Fairy matter
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