GCSE History: Vaccination and Antibiotics – Revision Quiz

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This GCSE History: Vaccination and Antibiotics – Revision Quiz quiz contains 10 multiple choice questions designed to help you revise and test your GCSE History knowledge. Select an answer for each question and click “Submit Answer” to see instant feedback. Take your time and try to score as high as possible!

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Revise the key developments in vaccination and antibiotics, from Jenner's smallpox vaccine to Pasteur's germ theory and Fleming's discovery of penicillin.

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Question 1 of 10

How did Edward Jenner discover that cowpox could protect against smallpox?
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Question 2 of 10

Why was there opposition to Jenner's vaccination?
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Question 3 of 10

In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory in Britain?
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Question 4 of 10

How did Pasteur develop vaccines for chicken cholera?
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Question 5 of 10

What is the process of using weakened or dead microbes to stimulate immunity called?
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Question 6 of 10

How did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin in 1928?
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Question 7 of 10

Why was penicillin not mass-produced until the 1940s?
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Question 8 of 10

What role did the US government play in the development of penicillin?
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What was the significance of sulphonamides (Prontosil) discovered in 1932?
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Question 10 of 10

How has the World Health Organisation (WHO) contributed to disease prevention?

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