Biological Warfare
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What was the suspected method used by the British to spread smallpox to Native Americans in 1763?

  • Contaminated water supply
  • Food poisoning
  • Airborne transmission
  • Infected blankets and clothing (correct)
  • In what type of warfare were human and animal cadavers reportedly used to spread disease?

  • Biological warfare
  • Medieval siege warfare (correct)
  • Chemical warfare
  • Nuclear warfare
  • What was the period of biological weapons programs in Brazil?

  • 1940-1945
  • 1957-1963 (correct)
  • 1950-1956
  • 1960-1965
  • What was the British tactic during the American Revolutionary War?

    <p>Forcing inoculation of civilians to spread smallpox to the Continental Army</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which time period did the Germans use bacterial cultures of glanders and anthrax to infect animals?

    <p>During World War I</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of deliberate inoculation for smallpox?

    <p>It gave the recipient a mild and contagious case of smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the goal of the German biological sabotage program during World War I?

    <p>To infect animals being shipped to the Allies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the phrase 'and other weapons adaptable to mass destruction' in the context of biological weapons?

    <p>It was meant to cover biological weapons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Quebec Agreement signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in 1943?

    <p>A US/UK/Canadian nuclear cooperation agreement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the US/UK/Canadian biological cooperation during the war?

    <p>It continued through Tripartite conferences after the war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary claim made by Chinese, DPRK, and Soviet/Russia regarding the use of biological weapons during the Korean War?

    <p>That the US used biological weapons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the conclusion of most scholars regarding the use of biological weapons by the US during the Korean War?

    <p>That such attacks did not take place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the border in the context of the Korean War, according to Cummings?

    <p>The border is the war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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