Explore Lesson Matrix

You are living in: / You receive: / It comes from: / Route taken to reach you:
(Various answers will be correct) / Possible Vectors/Mechanisms of Disease Transmission

Venice

/ Silk / Beijing / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
influenza
person to person contact
originated in China
plague
from fleas that lived on the ship’s rats
originated in China

Lisbon

/ Spices / India
Sumatra / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
smallpox
person to person contact
found in India
You are living in: / You receive: / It comes from: / Route taken to reach you:
(Various answers will be correct) / Possible Vectors/Mechanisms of Disease Transmission

Paris

/ Gold / China
Africa
Madagascar / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
influenza
person to person contact
originated in China
plague
from fleas that lived on the ship’s rats
originated in China
smallpox
person to person contact
found in Africa
London / Salt / Africa / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
smallpox
person to person contact
found in Africa
You are living in: / You receive: / It comes from: / Route taken to reach you:
(Various answers will be correct) / Possible Vectors/Mechanisms of Disease Transmission
Moscow / Sugar / Iberian Peninsula
Philippines / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
measles
from person to person contact
was widespread in Europe
typhus
spread by body lice
found throughout Europe
Antwerp / Porcelain / China / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
influenza
person to person contact
originated in China
plague
from fleas that lived on the ship’s rats
originated in China
You are living in: / You receive: / It comes from: / Route taken to reach you: / Possible Vectors/Mechanisms of Disease Transmission
Barcelona / Slaves / Madagascar
Africa
China
Russia / cholera, typhoid, dysentery
from contaminated water aboard ship and people contaminating new water sources when ill with these diseases
influenza
person to person contact
originated in China
plague
from fleas that lived on the ship’s rats
originated in China
smallpox
person to person contact
found in Africa
measles
from person to person contact
was widespread in Europe
typhus
spread by body lice
found throughout Europe