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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Thirdworldization.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The WHO created the Declaration of Alma-Ata which sought to unite the world in a push to create healthy living conditions for everyone by what year?
(a) 2100.
(b) 2050.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1995.

2. Peter Piot at CDC processed the samples sent to him in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," and tests showed the virus was neither ________________ nor anything else they had seen.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Measles.
(d) Yellow fever.

3. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Kinshasha.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Lagos.

4. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.
(a) Uganda.
(b) Korea.
(c) France.
(d) Tanzania.

5. In China, the use of what drug was encouraging AIDS to spread, according to the author in Chapter 14?
(a) Methamphetamine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) LSD.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a virus that is duplicated in a host cell using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome?

2. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.

3. German authorities began to argue with the authorities of ___________ over the Lassa virus in Chapter 4.

4. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?

5. What does AIDS stand for?

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