Kobe Japan

Question 1

Kobe is located on the southern side of the main island of ______ approximately __ miles west of ______on the North shore of ______ bay

Answer 1

Honshu 19 osaka osaka bay

Question 2

Much of japan is ___________and this means that lots of the population live either side on the _____

Answer 2

mountainous coast

Question 3

Three tectonic plates meet near to the coast of Japan. These plates are…..

Answer 3

Philippine, Pacific and Eurasian plates

Question 4

The denser oceanic __________ plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental ________ plate, forming a destructive plate boundary.

Answer 4

Philippine Eurasian

Question 5

The two plates rubbing past each other causes ________ and ________ to build up and movement of the plates causes them to become _______, due to the jagged rock boundaries meaning the plates do not move smoothly.

Answer 5

Friction Pressure Locked

Question 6

Eventually the pressure becomes too much and the plates jerk past each other releasing energy in all directions from the _____.

Answer 6

Focus

Question 7

The Kobe earthquake happened on the __th _______ in the year ____.

Answer 7

17th January 1995

Question 8

The Kobe earthquake measured _._on the Richter scale

Answer 8

7.2

Question 9

The effects of the earthquake were worsened because japan (an MEDC who is rich enough to) ________ land from the sea to help create more space for its large population who are crammed into a small area because of the ___________ landscape.

Answer 9

Reclaim mountainous

Question 10

The earthquake occurred at : am at a time when most people would be ________, meaning peoples reactions were slower and this therefore worsened the effects.

Answer 10

5:46am sleeping

Question 11

The focus of the earthquake was __km below Awaji-shima an island in the Japanese inland sea. The island is near the city if Kobe, which is a ____ city.

Answer 11

16km port

Question 12

The ground shook for only __ seconds

Answer 12

20

Question 13

Large population of . million people

Answer 13

1.5

Question 14

Japan has an earthquake ____________ _______ which educates people on how to react in the event of an earthquake

Answer 14

Preparedness system

Question 15

Earthquake kits can be purchased from __________ stores and include ____, _____ and protective ________.

Answer 15

Department food water headgear

Question 16

In ____ a law was passed so that buildings had to be made to a new more earthquake resistant standard called ____ _______.

Answer 16

1981 shin taishin

Question 17

Kobe’s earthquake threat was seen as less than cities like _______. Because of this even with an earthquake prediction system the earthquake was not ________.

Answer 17

Tokoyo expected

Question 18

Officials and government we’re ____ in response to the earthquake because they had no short term response set up.

Answer 18

Slow

Question 19

More than ______ buildings were destroyed in Kobe, especially the older ______ buildings. They caught fire from broken gas pipes and the wooden walls burnt away and the slates (used in japan on the roofs to offer protecting from typhoons) falloff the roofs causing ______.

Answer 19

102,000 wooden injury

Question 20

____-____ (depending on the source) were killed.

Answer 20

5000-6000

Question 21

_____ people injured.

Answer 21

40,000

Question 22

________ and _______ roads.

Answer 22

Cracked and twisted

Question 23

_______express virtually destroyed, as well as most of the routes out of ______.

Answer 23

Hanshin kansai

Question 24

Ground moved up to __cm horizontally and up to 1 meter vertically.

Answer 24

50 cm

Question 25

The worst affected area was in _______ Kobe including the main docks and port area. This area is built on soft and easily moved rocks, especially the port itself which is built on __________ ground. Here the ground actually _________ and acted like jelly allowing buildings to topple sideways.

Answer 25

Central reclaimed liquefied

Question 26

___km section of the bullet train network had to be closed because it was damaged by the earthquake.

Answer 26

130km

Question 27

At the port cranes tilted or fell and ___ out of ___ quays where ships were moored were destroyed. Port buildings and their contents were Bradley damaged in many places.

Answer 27

120 out of 150

Question 28

___,___ people made homeless.

Answer 28

400,000

Question 29

No ___ available for heating due to burst pipes. People suffered for the -_*c weather

Answer 29

Gas -2*c weather

Question 30

Lack of ____ and _____ left people starving and thirsty.

Answer 30

Food water

Question 31

Chaos and __________ on roads.

Answer 31

Congestion

Question 32

Only __%of railways were operational

Answer 32

30%

Question 33

Industry affected, most industry was located on unsuitable reclaimed land, and so was damaged by ____________. Businesses such as _________ and Mitshibushi.

Answer 33

Liquefaction Panasonic

Question 34

______ telephone lines damaged.

Answer 34

250000

Question 35

Damages cost £___ million

Answer 35

£120 million

Question 36

Rebuilding cost £__ billion

Answer 36

£70 billion

Question 37

Japanese government dealt with the clean up almost completely _____ contributing almost two ______ of the £70 billion costs.

Answer 37

Alone thirds

Question 38

Initial response was criticised due to the government refusing _____________ ____. However the overall clean up was fast in a global context.

Answer 38

International help

Question 39

Railways fully operational by _______ ____.

Answer 39

August 1995

Question 40

All utility and telecoms services fully working by ____ ____.

Answer 40

July 1995

Question 41

1 year on the port was still __% operational however the badly damaged _______ express way was still closed.

Answer 41

80% Hanshin

Question 42

4 years later ______ housing units had been constructed, however some people were still in _________ accommodation.

Answer 42

134,000 temporary

Question 43

Parts of the Hanshin express way were rebuilt in ____.

Answer 43

1996