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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: American Bicentennial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.
(a) Microbes.
(b) Antibodies.
(c) Nucleotides.
(d) Genes.

2. Yambuku is a small village in the Mongala District of what current country?
(a) South Sudan.
(b) Zaire.
(c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(d) Uganda.

3. What refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often disease?
(a) Contingency.
(b) Arbitration.
(c) Quarantine.
(d) Extermination.

4. When was the CDC founded?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1942.

5. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?
(a) The p.funtari lobster.
(b) The a. aegypti mosquito.
(c) The r. tryrmic fish.
(d) The h. cyptamy rodent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the study of parasites and tropical disease waned because in post-WWII health care, there was a shift to eradicate __________ from the planet.

3. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?

4. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

5. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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