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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. Leprosy has affected humanity for over how many years?
2. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?
3. In what year did the Great Plague hit London?
4. The epidemics of what disease increased due to the Aswan High Dam inhibiting the natural fluctuations in water height?
5. What is a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii?
Short Essay Questions
1. What obstacles did Joe McCormick find in the fight against the Lassa virus?
2. When was the hantavirus first discovered? What was the source of the epidemics?
3. How did many nations respond to the AIDS epidemic?
4. What impact did AIDS have in India?
5. What was the impact of tuberculosis in America? What improved conditions?
6. How does the author describe the evolution of staph infections in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?
7. How does the author describe the outbreak of Lyme disease? How did human interaction impact the disease?
8. What led to the outbreak of AIDS in Uganda? What was the impact of AIDS there?
9. What was the impact of resistant microbes in third world countries?
10. How did drug use perpetuate the spread of AIDS?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the work of Merl Kuns and Al Wieden during the epidemic of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and the setting and geography of San Joaquin, Bolivia. How did the malnutrition of the villagers impact the spread of disease? How were living conditions tied to the disease?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Analyze and discuss the history of plagues and their correlation to urban development. Why does the author assert that urbanization relates directly to the spread of disease? Also discuss the differences in pandemics and epidemics in Western Europe and the Americas versus those in Africa, India, and Asia. In what ways have plagues affected these civilizations differently?
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