Lesson 15- Comparing Haiti 2010 with Japan 2011?

Question 1

How did Japans and Haitis preperation compare?

Answer 1

• Japan was heavily educated on hazards and had infrastructure improvements
• Haiti was ill-equiped and unprepared

Question 2

How did Japans and Haitis prediction compare?

Answer 2

• They had the M8 algorithm which had the potential to successfully predict the earthquake

Question 3

How did Japans and Haitis Impacts compare ?

Answer 3

• Japan-15,894 dead, 332, 395 buildings and 300,000 refugees
• Haiti- 200,000 people people killed, 100,000 houses destroyed, 1.3 million homeless

Question 4

How did Japans and Hiatis Responses compare?

Answer 4

• Japans-Global donations over 1 billion, Governement mobilised self defence forces
• Haiti-Foreign Aid by USA as they sent rescue teams with 10,000 troops and two teams for search and rescue

Question 5

How did Japans and Haitis Human factors compare?

Answer 5

• Japan- peoples pride led them to refuse aid from others
• Haiti-people unaware and uneducated of what to do

Question 6

How did Japans and Haitis physical factors compare?

Answer 6

• Japan- Boundary of Eurasian and Phillipines plate, many plates converge below the countries surface. Convergent and destructive plate boundry
• Haiti- On Caribbean tectonic plate- North American, South American plates