Port Au Prince Earthquake

Question 1

What two plates were involved?

Answer 1

Caribbean and N. American

Question 2

How many cm do the plates move by each year?

Answer 2

2cm

Question 3

How far below the surface was the focus?

Answer 3

10km

Question 4

How many people died?

Answer 4

230,000

Question 5

How many people were injured?

Answer 5

300,000

Question 6

There were shortages of …………. and ………….?

Answer 6

Food and water

Question 7

What was ruined?

Answer 7

Roads and infrastructure

Question 8

What was closed?

Answer 8

The port

Question 9

What was overrun with people?

Answer 9

The airport

Question 10

What important buildings collapsed?

Answer 10

Presidential Palace and UN Buildings

Question 11

What did the USA send to help with rescue?

Answer 11

10,000 troops

Question 12

What did the UK send to help with the rescue effort?

Answer 12

Firemen with sniffer dogs

Question 13

How much money was sent to Haiti?

Answer 13

£165million but it took a long time to reach Haiti

Question 14

What resources were sent?

Answer 14

Tents, food, bottled water, medicine

Question 15

What has been done to try and stop this happening again?

Answer 15

Better built new homes

Question 16

What type of plate boundary?

Answer 16

Conservative