Deck 4: Geography of Health and Disease

Question 1

The main lesson learned from polio might be

A)unclean health habits lead to more disease.
B)parasites might infect us at any time regardless of economic status.
C)sometimes improvements in lifestyle increase susceptibility to certain diseases.
D)one can never be too cautious in disease prevention.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Population can affect disease in the sense that

A)older European populations get diseases not often found in Africa.
B)people living in swampy mosquito areas may be prone to particular sicknesses.
C)one riding in a car to work may be healthier than the person walking in open air.
D)if you crash while riding your motorcycle your wounds will likely get infected.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of an environmental influence that could affect health?

A)Swampy areas with many mosquitoes that transmit disease.
B)A person's bad knees from playing football excessively.
C)Sailors getting scurvy in times of exploration due to lack of vitamin C.
D)River blindness cause by drinking parasite infected water.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Health and geography

A)are closely related considering geographers deal with environment and culture.
B)have little in common and are rarely viewed together.
C)do not mix because such things should be left to health care professionals.
D)are as different as oil and water since health has no geographic implications.

Question 5

The triangle of human ecology revolves around three main elements which are

A)love, well-being, and life expectancy.
B)geography, history, and social interaction.
C)despondence, depression, and the black plague.
D)population, behavior, and habitat.

Question 6

The main prevention of shistosomiasis might be

A)not letting Africans consume potato chips and Twinkies, thus increasing valuable nutrients.
B)allowing Africans better access to clean water supplies.
C)teaching Africans how to extract worms from their bodies.
D)emphasizing that defecation into streams or lakes will only help transmit the disease.

Question 7

The map of HIV/AIDS shows the greatest prevalence of the disease in

A)North America (among homosexuals).
B)North Africa and the Middle East (among Islamic harems).
C)China (in one-child families).
D)Southern Africa (among heterosexuals).

Question 8

Which of the following disease transmissions does not exhibit a vector?

A)one person shaking hands with another and transmitting hepatitis.
B)a mosquito transmitting west Nile virus from one person to another.
C)a raccoon transmitting rabies from another raccoon to a human.
D)a tsetse fly transmitting sleeping sickness from a cow to a chimp.

Question 9

The practice of polygyny in parts of Africa is important because

A)many animals might be affected by the polygyny worm.
B)its association with Love Canal's syndrome is undeniable.
C)HIV/AIDS can be transmitted to women and then to many children.
D)cattle can be readily infected, and so can milk and dairy products.

Question 10

The red coloring in the map of swine flu

A)is a medium value when it perceptually makes the flu appear prevalent in Africa.
B)stands out much more that higher values shown in blue.
C)makes Africa appear more infected than it really is.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 11

Regarding the regional variation of HIV/AIDS

A)it is normally transmitted by homosexuals in the United States.
B)is normally transmitted by heterosexuals in Africa.
C)prostitution is also a factor in the diffusion of the disease.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 12

Continued climate change could

A)cause more tainted food and drink, increasing disease.
B)cause more types of diseases to be dispersed through populations.
C)cause an excess of smallpox and sleeping sickness.
D)cause more genetically transmitted diseases.

Question 13

It is unlikely that the deadly Ebola virus will be broadly diffused because

A)it kills rural African people within two weeks before they can migrate far.
B)it kills mosquitoes within hours of infection so the disease is contained locally.
C)it mutates so quickly that wide dispersal is unlikely.
D)it is a virus that is generally unsociable and affected only by insults.

Question 14

Dr.John Snow was able to isolate the reason for the diffusion of cholera by

A)watching bats and pigs interact.
B)mapping diseases incidences and clusters.
C)observing how mosquitoes move through the urban environment.
D)seeing how zombies transmit brain stem virus on the streets.

Question 15

The belief that a man can be cured of HIV by having sex with a virgin woman is an example of which factor in the triangle of human ecology?

A)population.
B)habitat.
C)urbanity.
D)behavior.

Question 16

In shistosomiasis, eggs hatch

A)in the water.
B)in snails and other shellfish.
C)in the human body.
D)inside other worms.

Question 17

According to the map of malaria, there are two areas where the disease is endemic in South America.They are

A)Paraguay and Uruguay.
B)Argentina and parts of Uruguay.
C)Eastern Chile and western Argentina.
D)Amazon Brazil and a bit of eastern Paraguay.

Question 18

Which is the best example of a pandemic?

A)isolated cases of kidney stones.
B)a local outbreak of Lyme disease.
C)malaria in Somalia and Somaliland.
D)HIV/AIDS being diffused throughout the world.

Question 19

Regarding polio-having better sanitation and smaller families led to

A)less contact with the disease, thus a lack of development of disease immunity.
B)more contact among fewer siblings giving the virus more time to develop stronger among fewer people.
C)greater chances of physical transfer of disease from parent to child.
D)the unlikely transmission of disease from wood in new suburban homes.

Question 20

Examining the map of SARS the most likely reason Africa was not affected is

A)people there are generally immune because of genetics related to race.
B)that parasitic diseases take precedence and wipe out SARS.
C)that African people are very healthy and thus resist the disease.
D)not as many people travel to Africa and internal migration is limited.

Question 21

Because flu virus seems prone to winter outbreaks

A)each successive winter can be worse than the last.
B)the disease usually only lasts one winter because summer kills off the virus.
C)the appearance of the disease often switches hemispheres north to south.
D)the disease only appeared in the very bad winters in the 1910s.

Question 22

Which is not relevant to access to health care?

A)functional factors.
B)industrial factors.
C)social factors.
D)geographical factors.

Question 23

Regarding health care to rich and poor

A)in most countries both receive about the same quality of care.
B)in many instances the wealthy receive better care.
C)it is equitable that the rich receive better health care because good care will then trickle down to the less wealthy.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 24

Having health care denied because you are a member of a lower caste in India might be a good example of the effect of which precise factors in health care access as listed in the book?

A)cultural factors.
B)religious factors.
C)social factors.
D)behavioral factors.

Question 25

Canada differs from the U.K.in health care in that

A)Canada's health care is not as developed.
B)The U.K.'s health care is not as developed.
C)Canada's system depends on private care funded by the government.
D)The U.K.'s system is sponsored mainly by private insurance.

Question 26

The map of tuberculosis shows endemic patterns

A)in southern and eastern Africa.
B)in southern and eastern South America.
C)in southern and eastern Australia.
D)in southern and eastern North America.

Question 27

Newer flu outbreaks usually originate in China, probably because

A)the Chinese are unclean people.
B)there is much unclean standing water there where mosquitoes can thrive.
C)people and animals often live in close proximity increasing chances of transmission.
D)the mass of the Asian continent holds many virulent diseases yet to be released.

Question 28

In third world countries, diarrhea

A)is an unfortunate inconvenience.
B)is a significant health threat often causing death.
C)is only a symptom of infected animals, mostly dogs.
D)has almost been eradicated by the World Health Organization.

Question 29

In the 1960s, yellow fever was almost wiped out but

A)it reoccurred through use of infected needles in drug use.
B)it reoccurred when many countries stopped immunizing.
C)it occurred again when many third world countries started consuming more meat.
D)it occurred again as guinea worm syndrome also grew.

Question 30

Which is true about the map of physicians per population?

A)more physicians per population are found generally in Africa.
B)there are less than 5 physicians per every 10,000 people in Africa.
C)Europe and Russia do not have an abundance of physicians.
D)South America is no better off than Africa in availability of physicians.

Question 31

In malaria, because the agent plasmodium can be dormant for up to three years

A)they generally pass out of the system with no affect.
B)they generally spawn in water bodies after defecation by humans.
C)they can infect the host in periodic bouts of the disease.
D)the disease usually lies dormant then suddenly attacks the host.

Question 32

Evaluating the map of access to safe drinking water which is not true?

A)The U.S., Russia, Australia, and Brazil have good access.
B)Central Africa has poor access to quality water.
C)Developed countries generally have poor access to good water.
D)China's access to safe water is not as good as Russia's.

Question 33

In the map of access to proper sanitation, Bolivia in South America

A)is the country with the poorest access.
B)is apparently the richest country on the continent.
C)has a great deal more access than Uruguay.
D)is about the same as Australia in good sanitation access.

Question 34

Using the map of occurrence of the Spanish Flu, areas of the U.S.that apparently were never affected are

A)along the eastern seaboard and shown in blue.
B)in Appalachia and shown in brown.
C)in the Middle West and shown in green.
D)in the Great Plains and Northwest and shown in white.

Question 35

The map of density of physicians in the United States

A)seems to match overall population density.
B)is highest in the inter-mountain west.
C)is very low in places like Maryland and Massachusetts.
D)is about the same in Texas as it is in Vermont.

Question 36

Today South Sudan has 95% of all reported cases of

A)malaria.
B)shistosomiasis.
C)yellow fever.
D)Guinea worm.

Question 37

Which is the overwhelming environmental factor in the spread of malaria?

A)Areas with standing water.
B)Areas with small scorpions that easily enter shoes.
C)Areas where thinner air at higher elevations causes respiratory stress.
D)Areas where mosquitoes are not present because they tend to kill off the agent.

Question 38

In comparing health care provision in the U.S.with the United Kingdom

A)in the U.S.government agencies only provide about 30 percent of care.
B)in the U.K.government agencies provide about 97 percent of care.
C)in the U.K.everyone is guaranteed care.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 39

Which is true about the global pattern of health care expenditures by country?

A)the United States has among the highest of expenditures.
B)other countries less developed spend more money on health per capita than the U.S.
C)Japan and Norway do not spend as much as the U.S.on health care.
D)Africa expends great deals of money on health care.

Question 40

By mapping cholera deaths, John Snow found that

A)they were often clustered in rat infested housing.
B)they were related to meat packing industries.
C)they clustered around infected wells for drinking water.
D)they were more prevalent in poultry and meat markets.