the Black Death Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East 1918 similar as the Black Death

SARS China , Canada, Vietnam, Singapore Hong Kong,---

Module 7 U21-L3-2 Epidemics Explained

(Reading and Vocabulary)

I. Causes and effects of epidemics in history.

Epidemics in history Causes and effects

The earliest epidemic

The Spanish Flu

The Black Death

SARS

II. Complete the following summary according to the text.

　Since the scientists prove that Bird Flu is a modern _____________ of the same virus as Spanish Flu in 1918. People believe it important to look at the ____________ of diseases throughout history to discover the _________________of epidemics.

　The earliest epidemic was thought to be one main causes of the ___________ of the Roman Empire since _________50% of the population ________________ this epidemic.

The Spanish Flu ______________ have been the most ________ epidemic in history. It ______________near the end of the first World War and left families