Answers HSA 26-27 English IV A -ICPart 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan England

Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England Answers

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What is the main topic of "Hygiene, Illness, and Medicine" from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England?

medical practices and illness in Elizabethan England

food supplies in Elizabethan England

law and order in Elizabethan England

religion in Elizabethan England

What is the central idea of this passage?

Remaining healthy in Elizabethan England was a challenge.

There was no form of medical care in Elizabethan England.

Medical practices in Elizabethan England were similar to those of modern medicine.

There were constant outbreaks of diseases in Elizabethan England.

What is the central idea of this passage?

Elizabethan believed that their health depended on what they ate.

Elizabethans believed that their health depended on astronomy.

Elizabethans believed that health depended on the balance of the four humors.

Elizabethans believed that health depended on where one lived.

How does the passage develop the central idea "Elizabethans believed that health depended on the balance of the four humors"?

It explains that Elizabethans could control the balance of their humors.

It explains that Elizabethans blamed what they ingested for the imbalance of humors.

It explains that Elizabethans believed that age was responsible for imbalanced humors.

It explains that Elizabethans believed that divine intervention caused imbalanced humors.

What is the central idea of this passage?

Large numbers of Elizabethans died from illness and disease.

Elizabethans easily recovered from the spread of influenza.

Elizabethan influenza was much like the influenza of today.

Malaria was one disease that Elizabethans faced.

How does the passage expand on the central idea "large numbers of Elizabethans died from illness and disease"?

It specifies that malaria was the most dangerous disease in Elizabethan England.

It clarifies that the plague was the biggest killer in Elizabethan England.

It explains the causes of illnesses such as influenza, malaria, and the plague.

It lists the ways to avoid falling ill with plague, influenza, and malaria.

How does the passage expand on the central idea "the plague was the biggest killer in Elizabethan England"?

It explains that many people died because medicines and medical practices were not effective.

It explains that people were not taking the medical advice of doctors.

It explains that the physicians gave up on trying to stop the spread of disease.

It explains that the medicines and medical practices of the time saved lives.