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What fits the chronology of cholera?

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Topic

AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day

Question

  1. A. cholera belongs in the chronology of c1000 to the present day.
  2. B. A judgement with no supporting evidence.
  3. C. A point that confuses change with continuity.
  4. D. A description from a different route.

Answer

Significance check: cholera belongs in the chronology of c1000 to the present day. is the best answer. It fits Part three: A revolution in medicine within AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day and directly supports Study improvements in public health, including industrial Britain, cholera, public health reformers, local and national government and the 1848 and 1875 Public. Check this by using scale, duration, importance, consequence, affected group, legacy; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

Explanation

The correct option is cholera belongs in the chronology of. This MCQ is about What fits the chronology of cholera, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 2 Section A: Thematic studies and uses the same evidence base as Study improvements in public health, including industrial Britain, cholera, public health reformers, local and national government and the 1848 and 1875 Public. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A judgement with no supporting evidence.; 2) A point that confuses change with continuity.; 3) A description from a different route.. To decide between them, students should judge, prioritise, explain, substantiate the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.

Common mistake

Avoid confusing cholera

A common mistake is to write about cholera as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in c1000 to the present day.

Anchor the answer to Part three: A revolution in medicine, use precise evidence, and state whether cholera is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.

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