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The Great Plague of ______: The bubonic plague was caused by a bacteria that was transmitted through the bite of infected rat fleas. It killed almost 20 per cent of the city's population and ended when the Great Fire of ______ hit the city.
London
The ______ Death: The deadliest pandemic recorded in human history-it spread so quickly throughout Europe that England and France were forced to call a truce to their war.
Black
The ______ flu: The first pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus, this avian-borne influenza infected 580 million people-about one-third of the world's population at the time.
Spanish
The swine flu pandemic of 2009 was the second pandemic involving the H1N1 influenza virus. Western ______ Ebola virus epidemic: This widespread virus epidemic mainly affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
African
No cure for the Ebola virus has been found and outbreaks continue to recur, like the 2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the ______.
Congo
Which pandemic infected about one-third of the world's population at the time?
The Spanish Flu
What was the cause of The Great Plague?
A bacteria transmitted by rat fleas
Which pandemic ended when a city was hit by the Great Fire?
The Great Plague
Which pandemic led England and France to call a truce to their war?
The Black Death
In which countries did the Western Ebola virus epidemic mainly affect?
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
What type of virus caused the first pandemic from avian origin in history?
Influenza A (H1N1)
Which pandemic had the second outbreak in 2020 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The Ebola Epidemic
Test your knowledge on major past plagues and pandemics, including the Great Plague and recent outbreaks like Ebola and COVID-19. Rearrange letters to form correct words related to historical diseases.
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