Lesson 3.2.1

3.2.1 What are the global patterns of disease and can factors be identified that determine these? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 6

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Lesson 3.2.1, What are the global patterns of disease and can factors be identified that determine these?: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR Geography (H481), Unit 6: Disease Dilemmas, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. How is diabetes classified in terms of spread between human individuals?

    • Non-communicable
    • Infectious
    • Contagious
    • Communicable

  2. What term describes a disease that is constantly present within a specific geographical area?

    • Epidemic
    • Sporadic
    • Endemic
    • Pandemic

  3. What term defines an infectious disease outbreak that has spread across multiple continents globally?

    • Pandemic
    • Endemic
    • Epidemic
    • Outbreak

  4. What specific term describes infectious diseases that naturally transmit from animals to human hosts?

    • Endemic diseases
    • Non-infectious diseases
    • Zoonotic diseases
    • Contagious diseases

  5. Which vector is primarily responsible for transmitting the parasite that causes malaria?

    • Tsetse fly
    • Anopheles mosquito
    • Aedes mosquito
    • Black fly

  6. Which spatial diffusion model explains how diseases spread outward from an origin point over time?

    • Hägerstrand model
    • Voronoi model
    • Rostow model
    • Christaller model

  7. Which initial phase in Hägerstrand's spatial diffusion model marks the original outbreak of a disease?

    • Expansion phase
    • Primary phase
    • Condensation phase
    • Saturation phase

  8. Which physical condition provides the ideal breeding environment for malaria-transmitting mosquitoes?

    • Dry sandy soil
    • Cold running water
    • Salty coastal water
    • Warm stagnant water

  9. How is cholera classified based on its primary mechanism of transmission between people?

    • Airborne non-infectious
    • Water-borne communicable
    • Vector-borne endemic
    • Direct-contact non-communicable

  10. Which feature acts as a natural physical barrier that slows the spatial diffusion of disease?

    • High mountain range
    • Flat river basin
    • Coastal plain
    • Urban highway

  11. During severe droughts, poor water quality increases the risk of which water-borne bacterial disease?

    • Diabetes
    • Malaria
    • Influenza
    • Cholera

  12. How does rising global temperature due to climate change affect vector-borne disease distributions?

    • Expands poleward
    • Disappears in tropics
    • Remains entirely unchanged
    • Contracts equatorward

  13. Which global region experiences the highest proportion of the world's HIV and AIDS cases?

    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • East Asia
    • Western Europe
    • North America

  14. Monsoon flooding mixing with raw sewage creates which major hazard pathway for disease spread?

    • Water contamination
    • Soil erosion
    • Direct insect vectoring
    • Airborne droplet transmission

  15. What type of diffusion barrier includes border controls, quarantines, and international travel bans?

    • Topographic relief barrier
    • Climatic temperature barrier
    • Socio-economic barrier
    • Physical geographic barrier

  16. Which disease group accounts for the highest mortality rates in high-income, urbanised countries?

    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Tuberculosis
    • Cholera
    • Malaria

  17. In Hägerstrand's diffusion model, which final phase occurs when disease spread slows significantly?

    • Saturation phase
    • Condensation phase
    • Primary phase
    • Expansion phase

  18. Which seasonal climatic event creates ideal conditions for sudden surges in vector-borne diseases?

    • Autumn leaf-fall
    • Polar vortex
    • Winter frosts
    • Monsoon rains

  19. Why is malaria defined as infectious but non-contagious?

    • Is inherited genetically
    • Requires vector transmission
    • Spreads by touching
    • Transmits through air

  20. Why do emergency hazard shelters often experience rapid secondary outbreaks of communicable diseases?

    • Low population density
    • Sterile living conditions
    • Poor sanitation facilities
    • Excessive medical supplies

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