Plagues in History
Often referred to as "The Black Death" by Historians, this is considered one of the deadliest pandemics of all times.
What is Bubonic Plague
Bubonic PLague is spread by this insect, carried by rats
What is the flea
True or False, Smallpox is the first contagious disease ever eradicated
What is true. The disease was eradicated through the smallpox vaccine in 1980
(The smallpox vaccine was the first ever successful vaccine, created in the 1700s)
True or False, Tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria spread through air droplets
True, the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis bacteria
This is the name for a major historical killer, caused by an intestinal infection, resulting in severe diarrhea, dehydration and death. Also caused "Camp disease."
What is dysentery
95,000 civil war soldiers died from Dysentery
650,000 soldiers died in the civil war
The First Bubonic Plague began in what continent
The first Plague, called the Plague of Justinian, started in 541 AD in Egypt (Africa), before spreading to Europe through trade routes
This American President survived Smallpox
Who is abraham Lincoln
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infection that involves the lungs and affects what organ system
What is the respiratory system
The second most deadly disease in human history.
What is smallpox (Death toll is 300-500 million deaths in the 20th century alone)
The medieval Bubonic plague, from 1346 to 1353, killed what precent of Europe's population
What is 30-60%
What is the fatality rate of Smallpox (answer is a percentage)
What is 30%. The chance of dying from Smallpox is 3/10). Survivors were left with scarring and sometimes blindness
Tuberculosis is an infection in the lungs, and is spread this way
What is by sneezing, coughing or laughing
This biblical plague is spread by a bacteria by droplets and causes skin sores and deformities. Armadillos are a rare animal source
What is Leprosy
True or False, Poor Sanitation and overcrowding lead to the control of the Bubonic Plague
What is false
Is smallpox spread by Air droplets or oral-fecal contamination?
What is air droplets
True or False, other historical names for Tuberculosis include "The White Plague" and "Consumption"
What is True
This infectious disease is histories deadliest killer
Tuberculosis, claiming a death toll of over one billion lives since ancient times
Pneumonic (Pneumonia) Plague, a form of the Bubonic plague, affects this organ system
What is the respiratory system
True or False, Smallpox was spread to Native American through colonization, killing sometimes 90% of native populations
What is true
True or False. Tuberculosis, history's deadliest disease, is not treatable with modern medicine
What is false