Outbreaks and Breakthroughs Review

Which of these is most important to include in a summary of this Article?

• Another name for the Bubonic Plague that spread across Asia and Europe in the 1300s is Black Death.

• Some historians use the term American Plagues when referring to diseases brought to the Americas from Europe.

• While pandemics have caused suffering throughout history, they have also led to medical breakthroughs.

• During the Spanish Flu, public health officials urged people to cover their noses and mouths with masks.

According to the Article, why were Native populations destroyed by diseases like smallpox?

• Because the diseases were brought to North and South America from Europe, so Native populations had no immunity to them

• Because the diseases were transmitted by handwashing, so they were able to spread unchecked among Native populations

• Because the role of microbes responsible for such diseases was unknown, and Native populations refused to quarantine

• Because the diseases were largely spread via respiration and airborne droplets, and many Native populations could not get masks

Which is the closest synonym for the word disrupt?

• Inspire

• Promote

• Expose

• Hinder

According to the Article, which of these is an accurate comparison between the 1918 pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic?

• The viruses in both pandemics could be transmitted via respiration and airborne droplets.

• The viruses in both pandemics started in North America and spread around the world.

• Patients in both pandemics experienced a variety of symptoms, including damage to the heart.

• Patients in both pandemics were exposed to secondary illnesses, including smallpox and cholera.

According to the Article, which of these happened first?

• Doctors identified a new coronavirus in sick patients in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

• Scientists developed a better understanding of influenza and produced a flu vaccine.

• The Bubonic Plague, or Black Death, spread across Asia and Europe, leaving millions sick.

• Smallpox, cholera, and other contagions spread unchecked among Native populations.

Match the event with the year it happened.

• 1300

• Bubonic plague

• 2019

• Flu vaccine

• 1944

• New corona virus in Wuhan

• 1500s

• Smallpox, cholera, and other contagions spread unchecked among Native populations.

Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that health care emergencies have led to breakthroughs in medical science?

• The initial number of cases was small, but medical experts saw the threat—a pandemic poised to erupt. They quickly raised the alarm.

• Beginning around the year 1500, European explorers and colonists carried Eurasian diseases across the Atlantic Ocean.

• The search for [the flu] vaccine led to many discoveries, some of which have helped in the development of other vaccines, most recently for Covid-19.

• Large outbreaks of contagious diseases have occurred throughout human history. They have caused death and suffering and disrupted societies.

Which two words are the closest antonyms?

• breakthrough and progress

• erupt and decline

• unnerving and distressing

• identified and detected

Which question is not answered by the Article?

• What public health strategy was used to slow the spread of the Bubonic Plague?

• Which populations of people were most seriously affected by the 1918 pandemic?

• How many people were infected by the 1918 pandemic known as the Spanish Flu?

• Why did European explorers and colonists have some immunity to diseases like smallpox?