The Great race of Mercy

What year did the Great Race of Mercy occur?

• 1926

• 1935

• 1925

• 2019

In what state this this event take place?

• Maryland

• South Carolina

• California

• Alaska

What is the name of the disease that was a part of the outbreak in 1925?

• Yellow Fever

• Diphtheria

• Smallpox

• Enfluenza

TRUE or FALSE: Airplanes were used to get the antitoxin to those infected by the disease.

• True

• False

What was actually used to help transport the antitoxin to the people infected by the disease?

• airplanes

• trains

• submarine

• dog sleds

"Diphtheria is a very contagious disease."

What does the word contagious mean?

• easily spread from person to person

• easily treatable

• impossible to catch

• harmless

What was the name of the dog who led the sled team to get the antitoxin?

• Tonto

• Bruce

• Balto

• Hidalgo

Why is diphtheria a dangerous disease?

• highly contagious; difficulty breathing and swallowing

• causes cancer

• no medicine to treat it

• It is not dangerous.

Where is there a statue of Balto?

• Paris, France

• Nome, Alaska

• Central Park in New York City

• Columbia, South Carolina

TRUE or FALSE: The Great Race of Mercy is a story about how sled dogs helped to save citizens in Alaska from a terrible disease.

• True

• False