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Back to Iraq: The Search for Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction Bush's New National Security Strategy of the United States Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Eisenhower
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WH 102: Modern World Civilization Handout Five Topic: History, Sex, and Syphilis: Disease and History Part I. OUTLINE V. History, Sex, and Syphilis: Disease and History Part I. A. Introduction. B. The Ecological Situation in Europe Before the Plague. C. The Plague. D. The Spread of the Plague. E. The Transformation of Medieval Europe. F. Syphilis. QUESTIONS 1. What is the Columbia Exchange? How did it operate? What changes did it bring to both the Old and New Worlds? Explain. 2. How did environmental and social forces contribute to the food crisis in the mid-fourteenth century? 3. How contagious is the plague? What were the ecological factors associated with the plague that helped contributed to its spread in the Middle Ages? What were the economic and social consequences of the plague in Europe? Explain. 4. What are the major theories that explain the introduction of syphilis to Europe? What theory is the best in your opinion that explains the origins of the disease? 5. What ideas did Thomas Malthus introduce that explained the relationship between food production and population growth? Was he right? For what period? 6. What were the first treatments for Syphilis like? How was the disease finally controlled and almost defeated? Who were the scientific and medical heroes in the battle against the infamous Pox? Explain. TERMS Emerging Viruses Vector Pathogens Assarting Gonorrhea Paleoclimatologists Little Optimum Enteric Diseases Pandemic Ebola Bubonic Plague Ratus Ratus Yersinia Pestis (Y-Pestis) Pneumonic Plague Septicaemic Plague Thomas Malthus Virus T. Palladium |
