Haiti- Earthquakes

Question 1

Preparation: What’ the main reason Haiti weren’t prepared for the earthquake?

Answer 1

There hadn’t been one in living memory

Question 2

Preparation: What was the problem with Port-au-Prince?

Answer 2

It was overcrowded, and the homes couldn’t withstand the force of the earthquake

Question 3

Preparation: How many lived in Port-au-Prince?

Answer 3

2.5 million

Question 4

When was the earthquake?

Answer 4

2nd January 2010

Question 5

What did the earthquake measure on the Richter scale?

Answer 5

7.0

Question 6

Primary Effects: How many were killed?

Answer 6

220,000

Question 7

Primary Effects: How many were injured?

Answer 7

300,000

Question 8

Primary Effects: How many hospitals collapsed in Port-au-Prince?

Answer 8

8

Question 9

Primary Effects: How many houses were destroyed?

Answer 9

About 100,000

Question 10

Primary Effects: How many houses were damaged?

Answer 10

200,000

Question 11

Primary Effects: What was badly damaged?

Answer 11

The main port

Question 12

Secondary Effects: How many were left without food or water?

Answer 12

Over 2 million

Question 13

Secondary Effects: What happened to the police force?

Answer 13

It collapsed

Question 14

Secondary Effects: What did damage to the port and road make distributing food and aid?

Answer 14

Hard and ineffective

Question 15

Secondary Effects: What were set up for the homeless?

Answer 15

Temporary shelters

Question 16

Secondary Effects: By November, what were there outbreaks of in temporary shelters?

Answer 16

Cholera

Question 17

Secondary Effects: What happened to all the dead bodies?

Answer 17

They were put into mass graves

Question 18

Immediate Responses: What did American engineers and diving teams do?

Answer 18

Clear the worst of the debris

Question 19

Immediate Responses: How many troops did the USA send?

Answer 19

10,000

Question 20

Immediate Responses: How much money did the USA send in aid?

Answer 20

$100 million

Question 21

Immediate Responses: How many people did the food the UN send feed?

Answer 21

2 million

Question 22

Immediate Responses: How many people did the Haitian government move to less damaged cities?

Answer 22

235,000

Question 23

Long-term Responses: What was Haiti still dependent on 6 months on?

Answer 23

Overseas aid

Question 24

Long-term Responses: How many people were still living in tents a year on?

Answer 24

350,000

Question 25

Long-term Responses: How much of the £3 billion pledged by foreign governments did Haiti receive after a year?

Answer 25

53%

Question 26

Long-term Responses: What are homes being built to?

Answer 26

A higher standard