Sanitation and Health Care

Practice Questions

AP European History › Sanitation and Health Care

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In the nineteenth century, the persistent belief among officials was that cholera was spread by __________.

2

Louis Pasteur’s groundbreaking work in the nineteenth century has primarily impacted ___________.

3

Which of the following diseases was rife in European urban societies in the nineteenth century and is spread through contaminated water?

4

This physician authored On the Movement of the Heart and Blood, which correctly explained the movement of blood through arteries and veins for the first time.

5

Edward Jenner is notable for __________.

6

Bubonic Plague was no longer a massive threat to European society beginning in which century?

7

Andreas Vesalius is most closely associated with which branch of medical study?

8

Which of the following individuals is a British social reformer known for his attempts to improve sanitation and public health in urban Britain?

9

Which of the following individual's innovative work on sterilization and sanitation led to far fewer deaths during surgeries and in hospitals?

10

The Germ Theory of disease propounded by Louis Pasteur replaced this earlier theory of disease which stated that bad smells in the air caused diseases.

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