Patient Zero Vocab
The first case of a condition or syndrome. The first person to get sick.
What is Patient Zero?
The act of introducing disease, germs or infectious material into an area or substance.
Groups of people who move from place to place.
Who are Nomads?
The city where Muhammad was born.
What is Mecca?
People who buy and sell goods from around the empire. These people were honored and had great social status.
The sudden start of something unwelcome, such as disease.
What is an outbreak?
A sign of something about to happen
What is an Omen?
The angel who spoke to Muhammad and told him to preach that there was one true God.
Who is Gabriel?
Islam's holy book and their most sacred text.
What is the Quran?
The math of replacing unknown numbers as letters
Isolation to prevent the spread of disease
What is Quarantine?
The act of crowning a new king or leader
What is Coronation?
The travel to the holy city of Mecca
What is the Hajj?
The language in which the Quran is written.
What is Arabic?
The art of decorative writing
What is Calligraphy?
A place where bodies are kept, especially to be identified or claimed.
What is a Morgue?
The study of diseases and how they spread.
What Epidemiology?
The belief that there is only one God
What is Monotheism?
The cube like building in Mecca
What is the Kaaba?
The way ideas were exchanged between cultures.
what is trade? What are learning centers?
A Global epidemic of a single disease
An event with disastrous consequences.
What is a Calamity?
The core beliefs of Islam.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
The group of people who believed relatives of Muhammad should be the successors after his death.
Who are the Shias?
The Muslim philosopher who wrote the medical encyclopedia
Who is Ibn Sina?