What is a Disease?
$100: What is a disease?
→ A condition that disrupts normal body function.
$100: What did ancient people often believe caused disease?
→ Supernatural forces (gods, spirits).
$100: When did the Black Death occur?
→ 1300s (14th century).
$100: What is a vaccine?
→ A substance that helps the body build immunity.
$100: What was cholera spread through?
→ Contaminated water.
$200: What are pathogens?
→ Microorganisms that cause disease (e.g. bacteria, viruses).
$200: Who was Hippocrates?
→ A Greek doctor who believed disease had natural causes.
$200: What disease caused the Black Death?
→ Bubonic plague.
$200: Who developed the first vaccine?
→ Edward Jenner.
$200: What was the Spanish Flu?
→ A global flu pandemic (1918–1919).
$300: Name the two types of diseases.
→ Infectious and non-infectious.
$300: What was the “Four Humours” theory?
→ The idea that the body has four fluids that must be balanced.
$300: How did the Black Death spread?
→ Fleas on rats (trade routes).
$300: What disease did Jenner vaccinate against?
→ Smallpox.
$300: What disease is caused by a virus: COVID or cholera?
→ COVID.
$400: How do infectious diseases spread?
→ Through contact, air, water, or vectors.
$400: Who was Galen?
→ A Roman doctor who expanded Greek medical ideas.
$400: Name one effect of the Black Death.
→ Massive population loss / labour shortages.
$400: What is Germ Theory?
→ The idea that microorganisms cause disease.
$400: Name one recent global disease outbreak.
→ COVID-19 / Ebola / SARS.
$500: What is a vector?
→ An organism that carries and spreads disease (e.g. mosquitoes).
$500: Why was ancient medicine often ineffective?
→ Lack of scientific knowledge and experimentation.
$500: Why did people struggle to stop the Black Death?
→ No understanding of germs or transmission.
$500: Name one scientist linked to Germ Theory.
→ Louis Pasteur or Robert Koch.
$500: Why do diseases spread quickly today?
→ Global travel and population movement.