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PART 
o 
Mark each statement 
T 
for true or 
F 
for false. Rewrite the false 
statements to make them true.
1
.
In the 
1800
s, more than 20 million people were diagnosed with smallpox each year.
2.
Smallpox rendered people bald and caused an intolerable rash that left gross scars.
3.
Laws were enacted to prohibit sick people from mixing with healthy people.
4.
The wealthier countries pledged to give North America a vaccine to counteract
smallpox.
5.
The humane efforts of people everywhere helped to successfully stop smallpox.
PART O Answer the questions.
1. What did people suffer from at the onset of smallpox?
2. What did the federation of countries collaborate in order to do?
3. Why couldn’t the needy peoples’ countries curb the spread of smallpox?
4. What did doctors do to help reduce the spread of smallpox?
5. Who certified that smallpox had been stopped in December of 1979?
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W o r d L i s t
camouflage 
[ksemafld:3] n.
Camouflage is something used to hide people and things.
—►
The green and brown camouflage was best used for hiding in forests and jungles.
contemplate 
[kantempleit] 
v.
To contemplate something means to think about it.
-> Mark took a moment to contemplate the math problem before solving it.
contend 
[kentend] 
V.
To contend with something means to struggle to overcome it.
- * Stacy had to contend with a learning disability throughout high school.
COt 
[kat] n.
A cot is a small portable bed.
—►
A t the camp, the boys’ cabin was lined with cots.