How many people got infected with the 1918 influenza virus? Include the #s and the percentages for BOTH US and global population.

2. How many people died as a result of the infections? Include the #s and the percentages for BOTH US and global population. Which age groups died in large numbers?

3. What was the virus and the most likely origin of the virus, before it infected humans?

4. What were the illness symptoms?

5. How was the virus transmitted from person to person?

6. Where was the most likely original location of the outbreak? What evidences do they have that it was the original outbreak

Questions 7-12 ask you to explain your answers.

To EXPLAIN means to give the meaning of something; give facts and details that make the idea easy to understand. Do not give phrases or one sentence answers. Give facts and details that support your answers. Explain your answers. Make the connections from idea to evidence or action to consequence. Give at least TWO different evidences for each question below.

7. Explain how it became a world pandemic. Do not give me the definition of a pandemic. Explain how it went from the original location of outbreak to a global disease.

8. Explain how the local, state, and/or federal government helped manage, stopped the spread or decreased the spread of the pandemic.

9. Explain how the local, state, and/or federal government CONTRIBUTED to the increase in the spread of the pandemic. (This means the pandemic was already happening. What did governments do or not do that made the pandemic worse?)

10. Explain how the pandemic affected people (individuals and families) or how did people deal with the increasing numbers of infected people?

11. Explain how the pandemic affected society (communities and large groups) or how did society deal with the increasing numbers of infected people?

12. Explain how the pandemic affected the economy (businesses and industries) or how did businesses deal with the increasing numbers of infected people?