The cause of disease 1600-1900

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A-Level History (Public Health year 11) Quiz on The cause of disease 1600-1900, created by savanna q on 21/05/2013.
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Question 1

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What did Leeunwenhoek discover?
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  • Molecules
  • Animacules
  • Parasites

Question 2

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In 1600-1700 doctors believed what 3 things could cause disease?
Answer
  • Unclean houses
  • Miasma
  • An imbalance of humours
  • Bacteria
  • Supernatural beliefs

Question 3

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What industry did Pasteur work for?
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  • The cleaning industry
  • The farming industry
  • The brewing industry

Question 4

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What does he find growing on the liquids?
Answer
  • Fungi
  • Bacteria
  • Animacules

Question 5

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What helped him to discover this?
Answer
  • More powerful microscopes
  • A team of scientists
  • Working in the brewing industry

Question 6

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He discovered ..... the liquids killed the ..... ?
Answer
  • Burning
  • Freezing
  • Boiling
  • Disease
  • Bacteria
  • Animacules

Question 7

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He called this process ..... in ..... ?
Answer
  • Boiling
  • Pasturisation
  • Pasturising
  • 1840
  • 1845
  • 1850

Question 8

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In 1861 Pasteur came up with the ..... ?
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  • Vaccination
  • Germ Theory
  • Cure

Question 9

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Pasteur proves that ..... happens because of bacteria in the air.
Answer
  • Infection
  • Illness
  • Decay
  • Mould

Question 10

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He disproved the theory of what?
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  • Opposites
  • Spontaneous Generation
  • The Four Humours

Question 11

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What is Spontaneous Generation?
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  • The idea that bacteria was produced by rotting foods
  • The idea that illness was caused by invisible fumes
  • The idea that bacteria was produced by peoples smell

Question 12

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In 1875 Koch links disease with what? How does he find this?
Answer
  • Decay
  • Miasma
  • Bacteria
  • With Cholera in Sheep
  • With Anthrax in Sheep
  • With Anthrax in Chickens

Question 13

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In 1882 he identifies bacteria that causes what human disease?
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  • Cholera
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Anthrax

Question 14

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How does Koch find a way to study specific bacteria under a microscope?
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  • Using new microscopes invented
  • Separating the different types of bacteria
  • Finding dyes to stain bacteria

Question 15

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In 1879 what does Pasteur accidentally discover?
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  • A vaccination for TB in humans
  • A vaccination for Anthrax in sheep
  • A vaccination for Cholera in Chickens

Question 16

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He then went on to develop a vaccine for what?
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  • Rabies
  • Cholera
  • Smallpox
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