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AQA GCSE Haiti earthquake quiz

Question 1 of 10

1

What disease did people suffer from a few days after the earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • Typhoid

  • Gangrene

  • Diptheria

  • Cancer

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

How many people were made homeless following the earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • 1.1 million

  • 1.2 million

  • 1.3 million

  • 1.4 million

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

Diseases were easily spread from dead bodies, how did Haitians respond to this?

Select one of the following:

  • Protests

  • Looting

  • Mass cremations

  • Did nothing

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

Why was aid slow to arrive to Haiti from over seas following the earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • Nobody cared

  • Ports and main roads were damaged and blocked

  • Nobody knew about the earthquake

  • It had to travel a long way

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

How much aid was sent from the USA?

Select one of the following:

  • $1 million

  • $10 million

  • $100 million

  • $1 billion

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

What type of plate boundary caused the Haiti earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • Conservative

  • Constructive

  • Destructive

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

Why were the effects of the earthquake so bad in Haiti?

Select one of the following:

  • A poor country where buildings were built poorly and easily collapsed

  • It happened on a conservative boundary

  • It happened in the morning

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

Which of the following is a longer term response to the earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • Emergency aid sent

  • Temporary shelter and hospitals set up

  • Mass graves

  • Ports rebuilt

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

How many people were killed in the Haiti earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • 100, 000

  • 120, 000

  • 200, 000

  • 220, 000

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

What was the name of the 2 plates that created the earthquake?

Select one of the following:

  • Eurasion plate - Caribbean plate

  • North American plate - Caribbean plate

  • North American plate - Nazca plate

  • North American plate - Pacific plate

Explanation

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