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Pandemics Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why don’t we call the 1918 Pandemic, the “Spanish Flu” any more?

a)

It didn’t speak Spanish

b)

It makes it sound like it was caused by people in Spain

c)

It actually started in Italy

d)

It wasn’t the only one from Spain

2.

Which of the following was not practiced during both pandemics?

a)

Social distancing

b)

Face masks

c)

Isolation of sick people

d)

Wide spread blood testing

3.

Which country has had the most confirmed cases so far from COVID-19?

a)

China

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

U.S.

4.

Which one(s) of these pathogens can be killed using antibiotics?

a)

viruses

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

protozoa

e)

parasites

5.

Was swine flu as deadly as the coronavirus?

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

Both the coronavirus and Spanish flu can affect a person’s _______________.

a)

hands

b)

lungs

c)

brain

d)

eyes

7.

Social distancing matters, and it ___________ lives.

a)

kills

b)

saves

c)

starts

d)

spreads

8.

Malaria spreads through the bite of which mosquitoes?

a)

male culex

b)

female aedes

c)

male Anopheles

d)

female Anopheles

9.

Only _________ mosquito transmits the disease.

a)

Male

b)

Female

c)

Adults

10.

Mosquitoes breed where there is an abundance of ________________.

a)

Trees and river

b)

Buildings and cars

c)

Humidity and rain

11.

what is malaria

a)

an infection

b)

a disease

c)

virus

d)

toy

12.
How did the Bubonic Plague spread?
a)
Bad water
b)
Fleas on rats
c)
Looking at people
d)
Alignment of the stars
13.

The Black Plague was thought to be brought to Western Europe through the —

a)

trade routes

b)

Crusades

c)

Mongol invasions

d)

Viking raids