Quiz on Smallpox Vaccination History

Quiz on Smallpox Vaccination History

5th Grade

10 Qs

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Quiz on Smallpox Vaccination History

Quiz on Smallpox Vaccination History

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th Grade

Medium

Created by

Kristen Bredenkamp

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the deadly disease that caused boils filled with yellow pus to appear on people's bodies?

Chickenpox

Measles

Smallpox

Cowpox

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who first noticed that people who had cowpox didn't get smallpox?

Edward Jenner

Benjamin Jesty

A group of doctors

The World Health Organization

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Benjamin Jesty do to try to protect his family?

He gave them medicine

He kept them away from sick people

He infected them with smallpox

He infected them with cowpox

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Edward Jenner test his theory about cowpox protecting against smallpox?

He wrote a book about it

He infected a boy with cowpox, then exposed him to smallpox

He asked other doctors to try it

He tested it on himself

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did Jenner get the material to infect the boy with cowpox?

From a cow

From a laboratory

From a milkmaid's cowpox blister

From a smallpox patient

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the word "vaccination" come from?

The Latin word for cow

The name of the scientist who invented it

The word for "medicine" in ancient Greek

The name of the disease it prevents

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When was smallpox officially declared eradicated?

1950

1980

2000

It hasn't been eradicated yet

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