Vocabulary Quiz on Key Terms

What is the term for the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in specified populations?

• Demagogue

• Epidemiology

• Democracy

• Endemic

Which word refers to the biological units of heredity that are passed from parents to offspring?

• Genes

• Generation

• Progeny

• Genius

What is the term for a system of government by the whole population, typically through elected representatives?

• Demagogue

• Democracy

• Demographic

• Pandemic

Which word describes a person who is exceptionally intelligent or creative?

• Genial

• Genius

• Generous

• Generated

What is the term for a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease across a large region?

• Endemic

• Pandemic

• Epidemiology

• Popularization

Which word means to produce or create something?

• Generate

• Progeny

• Genial

• Unpopular

What is the term for the offspring or descendants of a person, animal, or plant?

• Generation

• Progeny

• Genes

• Genius

Which word describes a person who is friendly and cheerful?

• Genial

• Generous

• Genius

• Generated

What is the term for the process of making something widely known or used?

• Popularization

• Demagogue

• Endemic

• Epidemiology

Which word refers to a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument?

• Demagogue

• Democracy

• Democratic

• Demographic