OUTBREAK

Which disease was considered very fashionable at one time?

• cholera

• yellow fever

• black death

• tuberculosis

Implementing one simple procedure saved thousands of lives and dropped the death rate from 30/100 to 1/100. What was the procedure?

• Inoculation

• washing hands

• giving antibiotics as a preventative

Match each disease with its most likely cause.

• a virus

• Cholera

• a bacterium

• Black Death

• unclean water

• Spanish Flu

• fleas

• tuberculosis

• mosquitos

• Malaria

Which disease described in the book was spread by mosquitos?

• Black Death

• Cholera

• Smallpox

• Yellow Fever

Cholera is spread by

• airborne microbes

• contaminated water

• fleas

Tuberculosis is caused by

• a bacterium

• a virus

• not wearing shoes in cold weather

The Spanish Flu was named that because

• it originated in Spain

• The doctor who discovered the virus that caused it was Spanish

• It was first reported in newspapers in Spain

The Spanish Flu started in Spain.

• True

• False

Which of these diseases were NOT discussed in the book?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

• smallpox

• tetanus

• Black Death

• Tuberculosis

Survivors of certain diseases gain ___________ to these diseases, meaning that they will not get sick with those diseases again.

• immunity

• susceptibility

• egalite

• impresario