Earthquake CS: Haiti 2010

Question 1

in January 2010, an earthquake measuring………on the Richter scale struck Haiti

Answer 1

7 in magnitude

Question 2

the earthquake killed ………….people

Answer 2

230,000

Question 3

Haiti is in the………hemisphere

Answer 3

western

Question 4

Haiti’s population was ……..

Answer 4

9.8 million

Question 5

Haiti’s GNI was………..per person per annum

Answer 5

$660

Question 6

……% of Haiti’s 15-49 year olds were HIV/AIDS positive

Answer 6

2.2% which is very high

Question 7

Haiti is heavily dependent on …………. payments from family abroad which in 20… amounted to ….% of the GDP

Answer 7

remittances
2008
32%

Question 8

in 20…, …………….. were killed in Storm Jeanne

Answer 8

2004

3,000 deaths

Question 9

in 20…, …. people were killed in 4 hurricanes and …..% of the harvest was destroyed

Answer 9

2008
800 deaths
60%

Question 10

in the 2010 ‘quake, ….% of Port-au-Prince, the capital, was destoyed

Answer 10

60%

Question 11

in Port-au-Prince, only ….% of people had access to latrines and only …..% to clean tap water

Answer 11

50% to latrines

33% to clean water

Question 12

rural to urban migration resulted in huge…….around Port-au-Prince and a ……..% unemployment rate in rural areas

Answer 12

slums

90% unemployment rate

Question 13

…% of Haiti’s population live on less than …$ a day

Answer 13

70% live on less than 2$ a day

Question 14

…..% of Port-au-Prince’s population lived in slum conditions

Answer 14

89%

Question 15

it took ….weeks for NGO aid to arrive due to poor coordination, with some areas receiving duplicate aid while others none at all

Answer 15

3 weeks

Question 16

although Haiti had been cholera-free for …..years, by …….. 2010, there were more than……….cases and……….deaths

Answer 16

cholera-free for 100 years
by November 2010, more than 500,000 cases
6,900 deaths form cholera

Question 17

one positive sign of recovery is that….% of school children in the earthquake zone have now returned to school

Answer 17

95%

Question 18

a year after the earthquake, only $……… had been donated, which was only …..% of the minimum needed to carry on operations

Answer 18

$1 billion

72% of what was needed

Question 19

…….% of buildings were destroyed, including …..hospitals, …..health centres, ……….. Ministry of Health buildings and …… university buildings

Answer 19

70% of buildings destroyed
8 hospitals
9 health centres
10 ministry of health buildings
19 uni buildings

Question 20

the earthquake’s focus was ……….km deep and the epicentre was just …………..km from Port-au-Prince, creating a ……….km rupture off the ………………..fault, slipping …….m

Answer 20

13 km deep (which is very shallow, meaning greater intensity)
25 km from the capital
65 km rupture along the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault, slipping 1.8m