HI 342: Quiz 3

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In colonial Cuba, an ingenio referred to

A water-powered sugar mill

Which of the following countries were NOT parties to the War of the Pacific (1879-1883):

Argentina

Who demonstrated that the aedes aegypti mosquito was the vector for yellow fever

Carlos Finlay

In Latin America, which of the following are NOT associated with Conservatives?

Changes to the prevailing social order

Mercury is extracted from

Cinnabar

Generally, urbanization and industrialization are associated with increasing birth rates.

False

The "flood-fallowing" technique was effective in controlling Panama Disease.

False

The same species of mosquito is a vector for both yellow fever as well as malaria.

False

Throughout the nineteenth century, the percent of the British population engaged primarily in agriculture increased.

False

Which of the following regions were major Spanish colonial shipbuilding centers?

Havana

Which of the following is NOT associated with debt peonage?

Geographic and labor mobility

"Panama Disease" refers to

A fungal disease affecting banana plants

Which country was known to produce the world's most nitrogen-rich guano:

Peru

Until around 1914, most of the bananas sold by the United Fruit Company were produced by

Private individual growers

Who demonstrated that the anopheles mosquito was the vector for malaria

Ronald Ross

Which of the following birds do NOT contribute appreciably to guano deposits in the Pacific coast of Latin America:

Seagulls

In 1796, Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for

Smallpox

In 1780, the area of Hispaniola which would become Haiti (San Domingue) produced which of the following products

Sugar Indigo Cacao

In "Yellow Jack and Geopolitics," McNeill associates the increase of yellow fever with the expansion of

Sugar production in the Caribbean

Which of the following illnesses is NOT associated with mining in Huancavelica?

Syncope

In Latin America, which of the following are NOT associated with nineteenth-century Liberals?

Tariff protections for domestically produced goods

In "Yellow Jack and Geopolitics," McNeill refers to a "revolution" in fortification design in the mid-seventeenth century which was oriented to withstanding sieges. This is referred to as

The "Vauban Revolution"

In colonial Latin America, hospitals were generally operated by

The Catholic Church

When the British invaded San Domingue in the early 1790s, up to 50,000 troops would principally die of

Yellow Fever

Brown refers to the opening of which audit in 1642 as marking a turning point in the public health history of the mine?

Bethlehem Audit

Which of the following were employed in mosquito control during the construction of the Panama Canal

Brushing Oiling Screening

In the 1840s in Cuba, a series of hurricanes largely ended the cultivation of which crop on the island:

Coffee

Women were an important component of the Chinese workforce in 1700.

False

Which of the following are NOT associated with dams for water mills?

Increased fish reproduction

Calico cotton textiles were a primary export of which of the following countries in 1670?

India

Until around 1914, many of the individuals who cultivated bananas were from

Jamaica

The "Gran Canal" is associated with the drainage of

Lake Texcoco in Mexico City

In the early 20th century, Cuban sugar production continued to expand due to

Reduction of tariffs for import to the U.S. Establishment of new centrales Discovery by Carlos Finlay of aedes aegypti mosquito as vector for yellow fever

Yellow fever was brought under control prior to malaria during the construction of the Panama Canal.

True

In "Yellow Jack and Geopolitics," McNeill primarily focuses on which disease:

Yellow Fever


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