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Disease Detectives History and Organizations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dr. John Snow discovered the source of a bad outbreak of this disease...

a)

The Black Plague

b)

Ebola

c)

Cholera

d)

Typhoid fever

2.

Who is known as the father of Epidemiology?

a)

Dr. Meredith Gray

b)

Dr. John Snow

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Dr. Jonas Salk

3.

The source of the 1854 outbreak of Cholera in London was determined to be...

a)

contaminated beer from the brewery

b)

a bad crop of lettuce

c)

a cloud of bad air over the town

d)

a contaminated water pump

4.

This disease is also known as the "Black Death"

a)

cholera

b)

ebola

c)

bubonic plague

d)

spanish flu

5.

This disease caused a major pandemic during the time of World War One

a)

Cholera

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Spanish Flu

d)

Ebola

6.

Who was the father of vital statistics and surveillance -1800

a)

John Gaunt

b)

John Snow

c)

William Farr

d)

Hippocrates

7.

He designed the first human experiment with controls while studying the treatment of scurvy by eating citrus fruit- 1740s

a)

Robert Koch

b)

James Lind

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

8.

He recognized the bacterial cause of anthrax and developed a vaccine for it -1880s

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

James Lind

d)

Robert Koch

9.

He developed the first vaccine using cow pox to inoculate against small pox - 1790s

a)

John Gaunt

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

10.

The largest field trial of a vaccine was conducted in 1954 using

a)

polio vaccine

b)

small pox vaccine

c)

Ebola vaccine

d)

measles vaccine

11.

The Spanish Flu (H1N1) pandemic was from

a)

1918-1920

b)

1816-1819

c)

1966-1969

d)

1664-1666

12.

The modern H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic was in

a)

2001

b)

1929

c)

1999

d)

2009

13.

The HIV (AIDS) epidemic started in the

a)

1980s

b)

1990s

c)

1950s

d)

2000s

14.

He published a descriptive field study in 1920 showing the dietary origin of pellagra due to lack of niacin (vitamin B3)

a)

Edward Sydenstricker

b)

John Gaunt

c)

Joseph Goldberger

d)

Robert Koch

15.

He formulated a set of postulates or standards to identify organisms that cause infectious diseases - 1843-1910

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Robert Koch

c)

William Farr

d)

James Lind

16.

The organization that does epidemiology for the United States is

a)

the CDC

b)

the WHO

c)

the EPA

d)

the FDA

17.

The organization that does epidemiology world-wide and manages pandemics is

a)

the CDC

b)

the WHO

c)

the FDA

d)

the EPA

18.

The disease, called "The Black Death" that had several devastating epidemics in the period of 1340-1400 which killed about a third of the population of Europe was

a)

typhoid

b)

typhus

c)

leprosy

d)

bubonic plague

19.

Small pox was declared to be eradicated worldwide in

a)

1969

b)

1980

c)

1935

d)

2002

20.

When was Typhoid Mary spreading typhoid to people in the New York City area?

a)

early 1800s

b)

early 1900s

c)

1930s

d)

1750s