Peoples, Plagues and Pests Final Exam

1. Which of the following countries does not have a border with China?

a. Pakistan

b. Afghanistan

c. Turkey

d. North Korea

e. India

Turkey

2. The pandemic that shifted the center of European civilization from southern Europe to Northern Europe was the

a. Black Death

b. Justinian plague

c. syphilis pandemic

d. leprosy pandemic

Justinian Plague

3. The third plague pandemic was triggered by conditions created during the

a. Boxer Uprising

b. Taiping Rebellion

c. Opium War

d. WWII

e. Communist Revolution

Taiping Rebellion

4. The written history of China begins with the

a. Paleolithic

b. Neolithic

c. Qin Dynasty

d. Xia Dynasty

e. Shang Dynasty

Shang Dynasty

5. The country once called East Pakistan was previously known as

a. Mombai

b. West Pakistan

c. Bengal

d. Bangladesh

e. East India

Bangladesh

6. During this time, the climate of northern China was warm and moist.

a. Paleolithic

b. Neolithic

c. Zhou Dynasty

d. Shang Dynasty

e. Xia Dynasty

Neolithic

7. In the 1940s, Fijians became a minority in their homeland. This was due in part to previous outbreaks of

a. Plague

b. Syphilis

c. Measles

d. Leprosy

Measles

8. Syphilis is easily treated by which of the following?

a. bicillin

b. antiretroviral therapy

c. MDT

d. hydration therapy

Bicillin

9. Kong Fuzi lived during which dynasty?

a. Qing

b. Shang

c. Zhou

d. Qin

Zhou

10. In China, Iron first came into use during the

a. Tang dynasty

b. Eastern Zhou Dynasty

c. Western Zhou Dynasty

d. Qin dynasty

Western Zhou Dynasty

11. Central to Daoism is

a. human selfishness and evil

b. discipline

c. "The Way"

d. compassion

"The Way"

12. The first non-Chinese dynasty to rule China was that of the

a. Manchus

b. Mongols

c. Hindus

d. Han

e. CCP

Mongols

13. Buddhism increased significantly in China while Daoists were persecuted during the

a. time of Confucius

b. Han Dyanasty

c. Era of Disunity

d. Yuan Dynasty

Era of Disunity

14. The Chinese name for their country is

a. Guolai

b. Zhongguo

c. Qin

d. China

Zhongguo

15. Cochliobolus miyabeanus causes a disease of

a. rubber

b. rice

c. rats

d. beans

e. plums

Rice

16. The shortest chain of transmission (onset of case 1 to onset of case 2) for measles is which of the following?

a. 1 day.

b. 1 week.

c. 8 days.

d. 2 weeks.

e. 8 weeks.

8 days

17. The Great Wall of China was partly built in the

a. Song dynasty

b. Qing Dynasty

c. Tang Dynasty

d. Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

18. Measles epidemics in Fiji in the early 1900s are attributable in large part to

a. water contamination

b. biological warfare

c. cannibalism

d. steamships

Steamships

19. In the 19th & 20th centuries, China was dismembered, invaded and militarily humiliated by western powers. Contributing to the perception of China as weak and degenerate were

a. Cholera and rice blast

b. Plague and cholera

c. Leprosy and syphilis

d. Syphilis and gonorrhea

Leprosy and syphilis

20. During the days of the British Empire, the cinchona tree was planted widely for the production of tonic which was used for treating

a. trypanosomiasis

b. pneumonia

c. malaria

d. bourbon, neat

e. tuberculosis

Malaria

21. Fiji is located in

a. Oceania

b. the Indian Ocean

c. the Bay of Bengal

d. The South China Sea

Oceania

22. What has contributed to the increase in tick- and tick-borne diseases in the United States

a. Deforestation

b. Increased deer hunting

c. Habitat Fragmentation

d. Insecticide resistance

Habitat Fragmentation

23. This man was a super-callused, fragile mystic, vexed by halitosis

a. Mohandas K. Gandhi

b. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

c. Jawaharlal Nehru

Viceroy Lord Curzon

Mohandas K. Gandhi

24. In the year 1953, the population of China was

a. 75 million

b. 100 million

c. 583 million

d. 1.2 billion

583 million

25. Significant cultural exchange between China and western Asia and Europe occurred during the Yuan Dynasty due to the

a. Great Wall

b. Imperial Navy

c. Grand Canal

d. Silk Road

e. Tributary System

Silk Road

26. The last imperial dynasty of China was the

a. Qin Dynasty

b. Song Dynasty

c. Qing Dynasty

d. Ming Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

27. The demise of the last imperial dynasty was due in part to

a. communism

b. confucianism

c. the canal system

d. the tributary system

Communism

28. Cholera is treated in which of the following ways:

a. Prompt hydration therapy

b. antibiotics

c. vaccination

d. antiretroviral drugs

e. vitamin C mega-doses

Prompt hydration therapy

29. China's first war with the West involved

a. guolai

b. leprosy

c. communists

d. illegal drugs

Illegal Drugs

30. A positive outcome of the Boxer rebellion was

a. The Treaty of Nanjing

b. The Guomindang

c. communism

d. Qinghua University

Qinghua University

31. China's 1st five-year plan was the Transition to Socialism; the 2nd five-year plan was

a. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

b. The Transition to Capitalism

c. The Cultural Revolution

d. Great Leap Forward

The Cultural Revolution

32. Which disease contributed to the failure of the French to complete the Panama Canal?

a. Yellow fever

b. Chagas' disease

c. Leishmaniasis

d. Scurvy

Yellow Fever

33. Slavery ended in Brazil due to

a. Yellow fever

b. The policy of 'Whitening'

c. The realization that slavery was morally wrong

d. The end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

The policy of "Whitening"

34. Armadillos can carry

a. Leprosy

b. Syphilis

c. Plague

d. Cholera

Leprosy

35. Leprosy is currently a public health concern in

a. the U.S.

b. Brazil

c. Pakistan

d. South Africa

Brazil

36. The most effective treatment for leprosy is

a. leprosaria

b. MDT

c. antiretroviral therapy

d. Dapsone

MDT

37. Leprosy has been conclusively proven to be transmitted by

a. mosquitoes

b. sexual contact

c. sneezing

d. all of the above

none of the above

Sexual contact

38. In the Zhou Dynasty, leprosy went to

a. India from China

b. Europe from China

c. China from India

d. China from Mongolia

China from India

39. The Black Death originated in

a. Europe

b. Africa

c. Asia

d. South America

Asia

40. A.I.M.L. stands for

a. Asian Institute of Medical Laboratories

b. All-India Muslim League

c. Asian Indian Muslim League

d. Aryan Imperial Military Liaison

All-India Muslim League

41. The CCS for measles is 250,000-500,000. CCS is the

a. Coronavirus crowd size

b. Critical community size

c. Critical crowd saturation

d. Common crowd size

Critical Community Size

42. Venereal syphilis is not transmitted in which stage(s)?

a. First

b. Second

c. Late

d. a & b

e. none of the above

Late

43. One of the indirect effects of the girl deficit in China is

a. Selective abortion

b. the one-child policy

c. Increased prostitution and increase rates of leprosy

d. increased prostitution and prevalence of STDs

Increased prostitution and increase rates of leprosy

44. Which of the following contributed to the second epidemic of syphilis in China?

a. A large susceptible population

b. Changing societal values

c. A male-biased population

d. All of the above

None of the above

All of the above

45. Which of the following organisms causes yaws?

a. T. pallidum careteum

b. T. pallidum pertenue

c. T. pallidum pallidum

d, T. pallidum endemicum

T. pallidum pertenue

46. During the resurgence of syphilis in China, which other disease increased similarly?

a. HIV/AIDS

b. Gonorrhea

c. Herpes

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

All of the above

47. Syphilis first hit Europe in about 1495. It arrived in southern China in

a. 1495

b. 1505

c. 1550

d. 1605

1505

48. A key route by which plague spread from the Asian steppes to Europe in the fourteenth century was through

a. Nepal

b. the Crimea

c. Manchuria

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

All of the above

49. Pathogens that spread quickly & efficiently, cause acute rather than chronic illnesses, induce immunity and require a population of sufficient density are characteristics of what kind of diseases?

a. zoonoses

b. viral diseases

c. parasitic diseases

d. crowd diseases

e. endemic diseases

Crowd diseases

50. The decline of the Yuan dynasty was hastened by which effect of the plague?

a. reduced tax revenues

b. death of the Mongol emperor

c. its use as an agent of biological warfare

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

All of the above

51. Just as the fourteenth century plague pandemic brought massive upheaval to China, one of the effects of the Black Death was

a. a shift in power from the East to the West

b. a shift in power from the West to the East

c. a shift in power from the South to the North

d. a shift in power from the North to the South

A shift in power from the East to the West

52. This microorganism precipitated the fall of the greatest land empire in human history.

a. Mycobacterium leprae

b. Yersinia pestis

c. Treponema p. pallidum

d. Vibrio cholera

e. Cochliobolus miyabeanus

Yersinia pestis

55. The second greatest parasitic killer of humans is

a. Malaria

b. HIV-AIDS

c. Visceral leishmaniasis

d. Smallpox

Visceral leishmaniasis

54. The caste system in India, in which all people are explicitly not equal, is a direct product of

a. Buddhism

b. Daoism

c. Hinduism

d. Islam

Hinduism

55. Bubonic plague entered the U.S. directly from

a. Cuba

b. China

c. Canada

d. India

China

56. Why is DDT now being used again to control malaria in several African countries?

a. it is environmentally benign when used in IRS

b. There are no cost effective alternatives

c. its adverse health effects are equivocal or very small

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

All of the above

57. Syphilis, as we know it today most likely

a. came from the West Indies.

b. evolved in 16th century China from a European progenitor.

c. evolved in 16th century Europe from an imported New World progenitor.

d. evolved in 16th century West indies from an imported European progenitor

Evolved in 16th century Europe from an imported New World progenitor

58. Which of the following countries does not have a border with China?

a. India

b. Afghanistan

c. Myanmar

d. Thailand

e. Tajikistan

Thailand

59. The pandemic that shifted the center of European civilization from eastern Europe to western Europe was the

a. Black Death

b. Justinian plague

c. Syphilis pandemic

d. Leprosy pandemic

Black Death

60. Silk production in China began in the

a. Qin Dynasty

b. Xia Dynasty

c. Shang Dynasty

d. Paleolithic

Shang Dynasty

61. In China, the transition from the Neolithic Period to the Dynastic or Imperial Era began with the

a. Qin Dynasty

b. Xia Dynasty

c. Shang Dynasty

d. Paleolithic

e. Neolithic

Xia Dynasty

62. The country once called East Pakistan is now known as

a. West Bengal

b. Bangladesh

c. Afghanistan

d. West Pakistan

e. East India

Bangladesh

63. Prior to this dynasty, historical information is archaeological, not written.

a. Paleolithic

b. Neolithic

c. Qin Dynasty

d. Xia Dynasty

e. Shang Dynasty

Shang Dynasty

64. When Hernando DeSoto explored North America in the early 1540s he saw which of the following:

a. Native American cities of 200,000 or more people with temples, plazas, & markets

b. Very few native peoples, who fled upon his arrival

c. Lake Michigan

d. The French explorer Rene de LaSalle

Native American cities of 200,00 or more people with temples, plazas & markets

65. In the 1940s, Fijians became a minority in their homeland. The new majority ethnic group originated in

a. India

b. China

c. Indonesia

d. Myanmar

India

66. Kong Fuzi founded

a. Confucianism

b. Taoism

c. Tibetan Buddhism

d. Mahayana Buddhism

Confucianism

67. Kong Fuzi lived during the

a. Qin dynasty

b. Tang dynasty

c. Shang dynasty

d. Zhou dynasty

Zhou dynasty

68. The first non-Chinese dynasty to rule China was the

a. Song Dynasty

b. Yuan dynasty

c. Zhou Dynasty

d. Ming Dynasty

e. Qing dynasty

Yuan Dynasty

69. Buddhism increased significantly in China while Taoism suffered Mongol persecutions during the

a. time of Confucius

b. Yuan Dynasty

c. Han Dynasty

d. Era of Disunity

Yuan dynasty

70. The name "China" originated from

a. Qing

b. Qin

c. Shang

d. Zhou

e. Xia

Qin

71. The pathogen that causes rice blight is

a. Escherichia coli

b. Plasmodium vivax

c. Variola major

d. Cochliobolus miyabeanus

e. Hemileia vastatrix

Cochliobolus miyabeanus

72. The shortest chain of transmission (onset of case 1 to onset of case 2) for measles is which of the following?

a. 1 day

b. 1 week

c. 8 days

d. 2 weeks

e. 8 weeks

8 days

73. The Great Wall of China was built in the

a. Sui dynasty

b. Qin dynasty

c. Han dynasty

d. Ming dynasty

e. All of the above

All of the above

74. Central to Confucianism is

a. "The Way"

b. compassion

c. human selfishness and evil

d. discipline

Compassion

75. Measles epidemics in Fiji in the early 1900s are attributable in large part to

a. transportation technology

b. cannibalism

c. bush meat

d. undercooked meat

Transportation technology

76. Fiji is located

a. West of India

b. East of New Zealand

c. East of Australia

d. East of China

East of New Zealand

77. Most Chinese dynasties ended due to

a. disease

b. invasion from the sea

c. invasion from the north

d. internal conflict

Internal Conflict

78. The 'father of Pakistan' is:

a. Mohandas K. Ghandi

b. Jawaharlal Nehru

c. Saresh Gupta

d. Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

79. Around the year 1500, the population of China was approximately

a. 75 million

b. 100 million

c. 300 million

d. 1.2 billion

100 million

80. Significant cultural exchange between China and western Asia and Europe occurred during the

a. Xia Dynasty

b. Shang Dynasty

c. Qin dynasty

d. Zhou Dynasty

e. Yuan dynasty

Yuan dynasty

81. The last imperial dynasty of China was that of the

a. Mongols

b. Mandarins

c. Manchus

d. Hans

Manchus

82. Cholera is a disease easily treated in which of the following ways:

a. The disease is almost always fatal, so there is no real treatment.

b. Heavy doses of antibiotics

c. Rest and relaxation

d. Prompt hydration therapy

e. Prompt treatment with antipyretics

Prompt hydration therapy

83. China's first war with the West was

a. the Taiping Rebellion

b. the Long March

c. the Opium War

d. the Boxer Uprising

The Opium War

84. Leprosy occurs in humans and

a. bats

b. opossums

c. civets

d. armadillos

Armadillos

85. Qinghua University in Beijing was created, in part, with funds donated by the U.S. originating in the

a. Taiping Rebellion Treaty

b. Guomindang

c. Opium war reparations

d. Boxer Rebellion Indemnity

Boxer Rebellion Indemnity

86. China's 2nd five-year plan was the Great Leap Forward; the 1st five-year plan was

a. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

b. The Transition to Fascism

c. The Transition to Socialism

d. The Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution

87. The measles virus is in which virus family?

a. Myxoviridae

b. Filoviridae

c. Measoviridae

d. Paramyxoviridae

e. Flaviviridae

Filoviridae

88. Cholera is caused by:

a. Yersinia pestis

b. Vibrio cholerae

c. Yersinia cholerae

d. Mycoplasma cholera

Vibrio cholerae

89. Leprosy is currently a public health concern in

a. the U.S.

b. India

c. China

d. South Africa

India

90. The classic first-stage symptom of syphilis is

a. a rash

b. a chancre

c. blindness

d. brain damage

A chancre

91. The most effective treatment for leprosy is

a. leprosaria

b. MDT

c. antiretroviral therapy

d. mercury

MDT

92. Leprosy has been conclusively proven to be transmitted by

a. mosquitoes

b. sexual contact

c. sneezing

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

Sexual contact

93. In about 500 BCE, leprosy went to

a. India from China

b. Europe from China

c. China from Mongolia

d. China from India

China from India

94. The Black Death originated in

a. Europe

b. India

c. Central/east Asia

d. The Crimea

Central/east Asia

95. I.N.C. stands for

a. Indian National Congress

b. India National Conference

c. India Nehru Committee

d. Insolent Narcissistic Curmudgeonitis

Indian National Congress

96. The highest rates of syphilis in the U.S. occur in

a. New England

b. The South

c. The Northeast

d. The West

The West

97. Venereal syphilis is transmitted in which stage(s)?

a. First

b. Second

c. Late

d. First & second

e. Second & late

f. None of the above

First & Second

98. The girl deficit in China is due to

a. capitalism

b. socialism

c. leprosy

d. syphilis

e. selective abortion

Selective Abortion

99. Which of the following contributed to the second epidemic of syphilis in China?

a. A large susceptible population

b. A male-biased population

c. Greater sexual freedoms

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

All of the above

100. Which of the following organisms causes venereal syphilis?

a. T. pallidum careteum

b. T. pallidum pallidum

c. T. pallidum pertenue

d. T. pallidum endemicum

T. pallidum pallidum