Practice Quiz: Chapter 10

. Which discovery enabled longer sea voyages for the British Navy, and the eventual establishment of "Rule Britannia"?

. Which of the following is NOT a field in international studies interrelated with global public health?

. Which of the following is NOT a feature of public health, more comprehensively defined?

. Which of the following is NOT a physical method of promoting public health?

. What is arguably the most important social determinant of health?

. Which of the following is NOT a social determinant of health?

. Which country has the longest average life expectancy (as of 2016)?

. Which country has the lowest rate of infant mortality (as of 2015)?

. Which of the following is NOT one of the top ten causes of death in the developed world (as of 2015)?

. What is the top cause of death in the developing world (as of 2015)?

. The global human population hit a tipping point around 1750 and never fell again.

. The Spanish flu pandemic following World War I killed more people than the war itself.

. Medicine is population-focused, unlike public health, which is patient-focused.

. The miasma theory correctly identifies microorganisms as the cause of diseases like cholera.

. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (a private charity) provides the most direct global public health funding of any organization in the world.

. In the developing world, infectious diseases are the major source of both morbidity and mortality.

. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world.

. Nearly everyone in the developing world has secure access to potable water.

. Being hungry and underweight is a major problem in the Global North.

. Many public health experts now believe that genetic endowment is the single greatest determinant of one's health status.

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