DID YOU KNOW ...?

1- READ AND SOLVE THE MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISE.

2- El Aedes aegypti es ….
... Aedes aegypti is a
a- Un virus b- un mosquito
mosquito from Africa
c- enfermedad
that probably reached
3- EL Aedes aegypti viene de …..
the New World in
a-Europa b- Africa
barrels of water
c- Nuevo Mundo
loaded on ships,
4- Llego a América en …………
carrying slaves during
a-caravelas b- aviones
European explorations
andAedes
... colonizations.
aegypti has been found at sites up to 2,200 meters above the
sea level

... temperatures of 6ºC during 24 hours or 42º during 5 minutes are deadly
for the adult mosquito.

... the eggs are very resistant. They can survive temperatures as low as
-8ºC and also to drought, since they can be kept even more than 12 months
withoutaegypti
Aedes water. is the
transmission agent of
c- barcos
yellow fever, too. It
5- EL mosquito adulto muere a los ………….
was involved in the
a- 42º b- 5º c- 24º
great epidemic that
6- Los huevos pueden sobrevivir temperaturas menores a …..
occurred in Buenos
a-12ºC b- -8ºC c- 6ºC
Aires in 1871. At that
7- Los huevos pueden conservarse mas de …………………….sin agua. a-1 año
time the population of
b- 2 años c- 9 meses
this city was 200,000
people About 50,000
inhabitants became
8- Ademas del dengue , el Aedes aegyti
infected and died
transmite ……………………
between 14,000 and
a- Covid-19 b- Fiebre amarilla
19,000. The wealthiest
c- Hanta Virus
porteños, who lived in
9- En 1871, en Buenos Aires hubo……………….
the neighborhoods
near La Boca moved
away to the current
Barrio Norte, Palermo
and Recoleta.
 a- Una gran epidemia b- Una pandemia c- Un contagio
10-Habia 200.000 ………………………en Buenos Aires
a- Enfermedades b- contagiados c-habitantes
11- Alrededor de 19.000 personas …….
a- Murieron b- se contagiaron c- se salvaron

It was the time of 12-En 1868 , Sarmiento era ……………………..

Sarmiento's a- Un maestro b- el presidente
presidency (1868- c- un doctor
1874) and the panic 13-Los cuerpos fueron trasladados en
was widespread, to the ………………
point that the a- En el primer barco Argentino b-
president left the city. la primer locomotora Argentina
When filling the
capacity of the
cementeries, the 2- COPY THE NUMBERS IN YELLOW
corpses had to be
AND WRITE IN WORDS.
buried in the areas of
the "chacritas", (EX: 6= SIX)
current Chacarita
Cemetery. There ,
they arrived 3- WRITE WHAT EACH NUMBER
transported by the REPRESENTS IN THE TEXT
first Argentine
(EX: 6º= representa la temperatura mortal para el
locomotive, "La
mosquito adulto.)
Porteña".

4- ANSWER IN SPANISH
1- Where does the Aedes aegypty come from?
2- How did it arrive in Argentina?
3- What temperatures are mortal for the adult mosquito?
4- What is the diference between Pandemic and Epidemic?
5- How did Sarmiento face the epidemic?
6- Did he have a COE( Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia)?
7- After the epidemic many things became better and healthier. Mention some
of them.
8- ¿Que piensas que esta faltando en nuestra ciudad para prevenir el dengue?
¿Que propones?
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vidas-en-la-buenos-aires-de-1871/