Travel Health Quiz
Check your health and safety savy

1. As a general rule, where is it safest to swim?

	salt water
	fresh water

2. What is the safest way to prepare fruits and vegetables while traveling abroad?

	wash them thoroughly under cold running water
	cook or peel them
	spray them with disinfectant
	eat them as is

3. What is the best way to avoid altitude sickness if you're going to be visiting mountain areas?

	Make the ascent as quickly as possible, then allow a couple of days to rest.
	Make the ascent slowly, gaining no more than 1,000 feet of total elevation per day.
	Make the ascent at a steady pace, no matter how fast or slow, so that your body can acclimatize more easily.
	Make the ascent slowly, but get as much exercise as possible as you go in order to speed your body's acclimatization.

4. It has been estimated that one out of how many people will develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime?

	7
	23
	84
	100

5. In 1998, only two countries had a higher number of state-sponsored executions than the United States. Which were they?

	Congo and China
	Cambodia and Vietnam
	Uganda and Saudi Arabia
	Iran and Iraq

6. What is the ranking for English among the world's most widely spoken native languages?

	First
	Third
	Sixth
	Tenth

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