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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a potentially fatal illness caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes?

2. What refers to an epidemic of an infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region?

3. What country sought to improve its own infrastructures with little funding, relying instead on education?

4. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What illness broke out in New Mexico in 1993? How many people died?

2. How does the author describe the evolution of staph infections in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

3. What was the impact of tuberculosis in America? What improved conditions?

4. What was the CDC's response to the initial outbreak of AIDS? Where had similar cases been seen?

5. What obstacles did Joe McCormick find in the fight against the Lassa virus?

6. What was the impact of antibiotics given to animals, as discussed in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

7. What was the impact of resistant microbes in third world countries?

8. How does the author correlate the development of urban centers to the growth of disease in Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets"?

9. How did the discovery of genetic engineering change the views of the scientific community?

10. How does the author describe the correlation between tampons and outbreaks of TSS in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss efforts to eradicate smallpox and malaria in history. What were the backlashes of these attempts to eradicate disease? How were developed nations affected differently than underdeveloped nations? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Ron MacKenzie, Karl Johnson, and the outbreak of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever. What symptoms of the disease were similar to Junin? What role did the CDC play in disease prevention? What role did the World Health Organization play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the environmental factors in the spread of the Manchupo virus. How did changes in farming techniques and pest eradication affect the environment in the village? What led to an infestation of mice in the area? How did the mouse urine end up in contact with the villagers?

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