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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Thirdworldization.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1960s.

2. In a small village in Uganda, young women began becoming ill following sex with a traveling salesman and the disease was dubbed ______________.
(a) "Aphrodite's disease."
(b) "Aristotle's disease."
(c) "Juliana's disease."
(d) "Rachel's disease."

3. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.
(a) Genetic engineering.
(b) Vaccinations.
(c) Insurance loopholes.
(d) Government subsidies.

4. What was the second social epidemic noted by the WHO?
(a) Denial of the plague.
(b) Fear of the plague.
(c) Repression of those with the plague.
(d) Acceptance of the plague.

5. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Democratic government.
(c) Lack of rats.
(d) Improved housing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.

2. Laurie Garrett earned her undergraduate degree in biology from what institution?

3. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?

4. What does CDC stand for?

5. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?

(see the answer key)

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