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History of Healthcare - 1A

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the smallpox vaccine invented and by who?

a)

In 1694 by John Smith

b)

In 1810 by Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

In 1796 by Edward Jenner

d)

In 1848 by Edward Jenner

2.

Who invented the microscope?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Daniel Vasella

3.

What are the symptoms of scurvy?

a)

Weakness, fatigue, slow wound healing, gum disease, rough skin

b)

Dull, greyish skin, large welts, fever

c)

Painful, bleeding rashes, vomiting, general malaise

d)

All of the above

4.

What is tuberculosis?

a)

A disease that attacks the lungs

b)

A disease that attacks the liver

c)

Brain Cancer

d)

Heart disease

5.

How does blood circulation work?

a)

Flows randomly through the body

b)

Pumps through a specific route in the body

c)

It doesn’t flow, it stays still

d)

You regenerate new blood every month

6.

Who invented CT-scans?

a)

Mr. Russell

b)

Jean-Michel Dubernard

c)

Robert S. Ledley

d)

Camille Schaffer

7.

What was the name of the sheep that became the first clone?

a)

Dolly

b)

Molly

c)

Polly

d)

Jolly

8.

Who was best known for discovering pasteurization?

a)

James Mary

b)

Lora Anderson

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

John Smith

9.

Who invented bifocal lenses for glasses?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Amy Tan

d)

Frances Frazier

10.

What did Robert Koch discover in 1876 that is considered as the birth of modern bacteriology?

a)

Omeprazole

b)

Anthrax bacteria

c)

Zolgensma

d)

Amlodipine

11.

In what year did Henrietta Lacks pass away from cervical cancer?

a)

1938

b)

1964

c)

1951

d)

1899

12.

Why wasn’t surgery safe until the mid 1940s?

a)

They didn’t have blood transfusions, penicillin, and antibiotics.

b)

Doctors wanted patients to die for more money.

c)

The tools were rusty.

d)

The operating table was always dirty.

13.

What organ was the first organ to ever be transplanted?

a)

Kidney

b)

Liver

c)

Heart

d)

Pancreas

14.

Why did lifespan grow a lot during 1945-1975?

a)

Better hygiene and immunizations

b)

Failed transplants

c)

Asbestos made you stronger

d)

Vacuums

15.

Who was known as the “Father of Medicine”?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Alcmaeon

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

16.

What was Wilhelm Roentgen known for?

a)

Discovered Ebola

b)

Discovered X rays

c)

Discovering the light bulb

d)

Invented the big mac

17.

Why did Alexander Fleming receive his Nobel prize?

a)

His work for physiology and medicine

b)

Finding the cure for cancer

c)

Finding out what the krabby patty formula

d)

His mathematician work

18.

Jonas Salk discovered that…

a)

A killed polio virus would cause immunity to polio

b)

Antarctica had rainforest 90 million years ago

c)

There might be signs of life on mars

d)

RNA sequencing

19.

In 1816 what did Rene Laennec invent that was used to listen to the sounds made from the heart and lungs?

a)

Microscope

b)

Stethoscope

c)

X-Ray

d)

Medical Thermometer

20.

Who is considered the inventor of chemotherapy?

a)

Wilhem Roentgen

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Paul Ehrlich

d)

Joseph Lister

21.

What sexually transmitted disease was identified in 1983?

a)

Gonorrhea

b)

HIV

c)

Syphilis

d)

HPV

22.

What's something that Gabriele Fallopio discovered?

a)

cells

b)

The eustachian tube (Fallopian tubes)

c)

Circulation of blood

d)

The fine point syringe

23.

What is the name of the skeleton in Mr. Russell's room?

a)

Indiana Bones

b)

Sans

c)

Skeletor

d)

Bony Stark

24.

mRNA vaccines like the COVID19 vaccine are based on 30 _______ of research and development.

a)

30 minutes

b)

30 months

c)

30 years

d)

30 days

25.

The COVID19 vaccine uses...

a)

mRNA

b)

DNA

c)

Proteins

d)

RNA