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Prehistoric Medicine

BGS History GCSE Revision Tests. Prehistoric Medicine. 1) Prehistoric people were nomadic. What does this mean?. No fixed home They were always moving from place to place, looking for more food. 2) What two word phrase is used to describe the way they got their food?. HUNTER-GATHERERS.

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Prehistoric Medicine

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  1. BGS History GCSE Revision Tests Prehistoric Medicine

  2. 1) Prehistoric people were nomadic. What does this mean? No fixed home • They were always moving from place to place, looking for more food.

  3. 2) What two word phrase is used to describe the way they got their food? HUNTER-GATHERERS

  4. 3) Did prehistoric people have a system of writing? NO

  5. 4) What are the two ways we have found out about prehistoric people? [2] 1) ARCHAEOLOGY – things that have been dug up, e.g. skeletons and tools. 2) STUDYING OTHER NOMADIC PEOPLE – e.g. Aborigines in the 1800s in Australia.

  6. 5) What kind of beliefs or religious system did prehistoric people have? Believed in a spirit world. • They thought that all natural things – animals, plants, rivers etc. – were controlled by spirits.

  7. 6) What was trepanning, and why was it done? [2] Drilling a hole in someone’s skull. • It was done to release the evil spirits which were thought to cause the problem (a supernatural cure).

  8. 7) List two common-sense or natural cures. • Broken bones were set in clay or mud. • Herbal cures were used for stomach problems.

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