MIC 130 Exam #1 Study Questions and Answers Top Rated 2024 Graded A
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MIC 130
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The University Of West London
What causes smallpox and how transmitted? - Cause: a virus
Transmitted by: aerosol, contact with contaminated material
How did smallpox come to the New World? - Christopher Columbus' second journey (1492), could have came with slaves
Smallpox in the Americas prior to 1775 - How prevalent? - ...
MIC 130 Exam #1 Study Questions and
Answers Top Rated 2024 Graded A
What causes smallpox and how transmitted? - Cause: a virus
Transmitted by: aerosol, contact with contaminated material
How did smallpox come to the New World? - Christopher Columbus' second
journey (1492), could have came with slaves
Smallpox in the Americas prior to 1775 - How prevalent? - numerous smallpox
epidemics, depopulated North America
Where was inoculation done in the Americas? - Was outlawed in some colonies,
was okay in middle colonies. Many military men were inoculated. Done in the
arm.
Immunity of lack of immunity Continental Army vs. British - Continentals: were
not immune
British: immune
Three early Revolutionary War campaigns affected by smallpox - Siege of Boston
-> Bunker Hill
Ethiopian Regiment
Siege of Quebec
, What were the issues of smallpox and the Continental Congress? - delegates were
at serious risk of getting sick, stopped inoculations for congress, one delegate died,
others were inoculated upon arrival
How did smallpox spread through New Spain? - Spread through trade
Impact of smallpox on the Hudson Bay Company? - Did not get as many furs
because the American Indian tribes were dying off, which could not get the furs
Impact of smallpox among the Native American tribes of North America? - spread
trough trade, eliminated many tribes and infected them all differently
Major impacts of Smallpox in North America - Spread through the entire country
and killed many people, caused conflict with war
What causes plague? - Yersinia pestis which is a bacteria
How is plague transmitted to humans? - flea bites
What are the three forms of plague and symptoms? - 1. Bubonic (bubo - swollen
lympnodes)
2. Systemic (blackening of skin)
3. Pneumonic (fluid in lungs
all have fever, chills, cough
Define Epidemic, Pandemic, and Endemic - Epidemic - excessive increase in
disease in one area
Pandemic - an epidemic moves beyond a wide area that affects the population
Endemic - low or moderate base level of disease
What century did each of the global pandemics of plague arise? - Justinian Plague -
6th Century
Black Plague - 14th Century
Chinese Plague - 19th Century
Justinian's Plague affected which empire? - Byzatine Empire (Eastern Roman
Empire), started in Constantinople
Consequences of Justinian's Plague on the world? - Millions died, 40% of
Constantinople - 100 million total
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