Health Quiz | Globalization101

What is one of the most threatening aspects of today’s speed of international travel?

It allows for a quick increase in urban population, in which diseases are more easily transmitted.
People can travel across the globe in periods of time shorter than the incubation periods of most diseases.
It leads to an increased trade in goods, which can be associated with such problems as food-borne illnesses.
It brings with it the possible danger of animal-human transmission of diseases.

Over the last few years, there has been a/an _____ in the incidence of infectious disease in the United States, and a/an _____ worldwide.

increase, decrease
decrease, increase

Which of the following is NOT a possible negative result of infectious disease?

Competition for resource
Strain of national budgets
Emigration
Political instability

Which of the following aspects of globalization has NOT had an effect on infectious disease?

McDonaldization
Increased global travel
Urbanization
Food-borne illnesses

According to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), by 2020, the number of people crossing international borders is estimated at about:

1 billion per year
2 billion per year
1.5 billion per year
Less than 1 billion per year

Which of the following is NOT a concern associated with the mass processing and distribution of food?

The transmission of harmful microbes.
Unsatisfactory safety standards in production and processing.
Flawed health and sanitary safeguards.
Oversized supermarket stocks.

What remarkable globalization-related event took place in 2008?

There has been a huge decrease in infectious diseases worldwide.
For the first time, the majority of the world’s population lived in an urban setting.
Infant mortality worldwide dropped considerably.
Diseases endemic to developing countries received most research funding.

Which of the following is NOT a main argument against the production of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?

GM foods might have a bland taste.
GM foods might be unhealthy.
They raise questions about ethical boundaries.
GMOs could endanger biodiversity.

Which of the following facts about HIV/AIDS is UNTRUE?

HIV can be transmitted through sexual contact, by using contaminated needles or by coming into contact with infected blood.
Only one in ten people infected with HIV/AIDS knows his or her status and has been tested.
There are 3 clinical stages of HIV/AIDS.
Anti-retroviral drugs can prolong a patient’s life considerably.

Which of the following facts about tuberculosis (TB) is UNTRUE?

9 out of 10 people infected with TB will become sick with active TB.
TB is contagious and spreads through the air.
People with HIV are more likely to become sick once they’ve been infected with TB.
One person is infected with TB every second.

Which of the following facts about malaria is UNTRUE?

Malaria is a disease that is spread by mosquitoes.
Ordinary travelers are not at risk of becoming sick with malaria.
Symptoms include fever, shivering, joint pains, vomiting, convulsions and coma.
Malaria can be lethal.