Ap world unit 9 vocab quiz

Who invented the first radio signals in Italy in 1895?

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Fleming

• Gregory Pincus

• Albert Einstein

Which technological innovation was first developed for the U.S. Defense Department during the Cold War and later became a global network connecting millions of computers?

• Internet

• Radio

• Antibiotics

• Vaccines

Who invented the birth control pill that provided a more reliable barrier to pregnancy?

• Gregory Pincus

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Fleming

• Louis Pasteur

What was the main goal of the Green Revolution that started in the mid-20th century?

• To develop new varieties of crops with higher yields and resistance to pests and drought

• To invent the radio

• To discover antibiotics

• To create the internet

Which medical innovation of the 20th century helped eradicate deadly diseases and became widely produced by governments after 1900?

• Vaccines

• Antibiotics

• Birth control pill

• Radio

Who accidentally discovered the first antibiotic in 1926?

• Alexander Fleming

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Gregory Pincus

• Norman Borlaug

What is the term for occurrences of diseases in which many people in the same place at the same time are affected?

• Epidemics

• Vaccines

• Antibiotics

• Green Revolution

Which disease is spread by mosquitoes in tropical areas and killed more than 600,000 people each year in the early 21st century, mostly young African children?

• Malaria

• Smallpox

• Influenza

• Polio

What is tuberculosis?

• A disease associated with poverty; an airborne infection that spreads through coughs and sneezes and affects the lungs.

• A disease caused by contaminated water.

• A form of dementia.

• A disease caused by a virus infecting fruit bats.

Which disease is responsible for about 95,000 deaths per year and is mainly contracted by poor people in developing countries through contaminated water?

• Cholera

• Ebola

• HIV/AIDS

• Heart Disease