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Flashcards by Max Mycroft, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Max Mycroft
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Where is Kashmir located? | Kashmir is located on the border of India and Pakistan, at the collision plate boundary between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. |
| Which major landform is found here? | The Himalayas are found at this boundary, an example of fold mountains. |
| When did the earthquake occur? Why was the time of day significant? | The earthquake occurred at 8.50am on the 8th October 2005. 8.50am was the time that most children had just been dropped off at school, so most of the deaths were children. |
| What were the primary effects? | Buildings collapsed as building regulations were poor in the area. Roads and bridges were destroyed which caused difficulties in distributing aid. Landslides buried villages and roads, cutting off remote areas from aid. |
| Anymore primary effects? | 3.3 million made homeless. 79,000 people died. 100,000 people injured. Majority of deaths were from children because they were just arriving at school when the earthquake occurred. |
| What were the secondary effects? | Gas pipes broke causing fires. Disease epidemics of typhoid and cholera due to contamination from dead bodies and broken sewage pipes. 1 million people still homeless a year later. Total cost was $5 billion. |
| What were the short term responses? | Indian red cross distributed 21,000 blankets. Locals helped rescue people from the rubble. Border between India and Pakistan was opened to allow the flow of aid and refugees. |
| Why is the opening of the India-Pakistan border significant? | The border is normally under tight control due to the large amount of terrorism along the disputed border. |
| What were the long term responses? | The red cross helped establish a clean water supply in major cities. Aid organisations and the military helped build earthquake proof homes to prevent future loss of life. Teachers were trained to counsel traumatised children. Building regulations tightened. |
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