🌍ap world history: modern review

1918 influenza pandemic

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A major emergent epidemic disease outbreak in the early 20th century that affected human populations globally.

AP course connection

Topic 9.2: 9.2 Technological Advances and Limitations after 1900: Disease

Unit 9

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