Haiti

Question 1

What is Haiti LEDC or MEDC

Answer 1

LEDC

Question 2

Where is it

Answer 2

in the Caribbean near Cuba

Question 3

Before 2010 what was the condition

Answer 3

Had been no major earthquakes so building not made to withstand earthquakes

Question 4

How was housing in the capital Port-au-Prince

Answer 4

croweded

Question 5

Economy

Answer 5

Poor

Question 6

Date of earthquake

Answer 6

21 January 2010

Question 7

Magnitude

Answer 7

7.0

Question 8

where did it occur

Answer 8

25 km from Port-au-Prince

Question 9

Depth of focus

Answer 9

13 km

Question 10

Cause of earthquake

Answer 10

Destructive plate margin, between Caribbean Plate and North Atlantic Plate

Question 11

How many people killed

Answer 11

more than 20 000

Question 12

How many injured

Answer 12

about 300 000 according to estimates

Question 13

Buildings were destroyed leaving how many homeless

Answer 13

1.3 million

Question 14

What was destroyed

Answer 14

hospitals and government buildings, the port and many roads were blocked.

Question 15

What became a problem

Answer 15

looting high

Question 16

What happened to people

Answer 16

over 2 million were left short of food and water and power supplies were cut

Question 17

What was a result of poor sanitation

Answer 17

Cholera outbreaks

Question 18

What did damage to port and road led to

Answer 18

Difficulty to deliver aid supplies and airport could not handle the number of relief aircraft required

Question 19

What did American engineers do

Answer 19

Helped to clear port and airport

Question 20

How many troops sent by USA

Answer 20

10 000

Question 21

In terms of shelter what did they do

Answer 21

temporary tent camps were set up and over 200 000 people were sent to safer areas

Question 22

What did they do for water

Answer 22

Bottled water and water purification kits were provided

Question 23

In terms of medication

Answer 23

Field hospitals were set up

Question 24

What is a result of Haiti being poor

Answer 24

Hard to recover so reply on overseas support which takes time. So over a year after earthquake many still lived in tents.