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1 of 12
Which of these is used to categorize hurricanes by their wind speeds?
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Richter scale
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Saffir-Simpson scale
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Fujita scale
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Who started the trend of naming hurricanes?
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Clement Wragge
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William Shakespeare
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The Sepik river is located in which country?
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Papua New Guinea
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Indonesia
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New Zealand
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What type of natural disaster wiped out entire villages in Iran in 1972?
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Blizzard
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Earthquake
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Wildfire
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In 1976, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck, killing over 240,000 people. Which country housed this earthquake?
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China
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Turkey
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Kazakhstan
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In what country did the highest-magnitude earthquake occur?
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Chile
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China
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Cambodia
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One of the worst typhoons occurred in September, 1959, and occurred in which country?
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China
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Japan
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Australia
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What type of natural disaster nearly destroyed the Valley of Geysers?
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Mudflow
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Earthquake
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Hurricane
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What caused the crash of Pan American Airlines aircraft in the 8th of December, 1963?
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Lightning
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Hurricane
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Tornado
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10 of 12
All of the following are true about disasters except…
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A disaster may be domestic or international
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A disaster may be caused by nature or have human origins
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A disaster always receives widespread media coverage
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What type of natural disaster lay waste to a city on Christmas day in 1974?
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Earthquake
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Tropical Cyclone
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Volcanic Eruption
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Where do droughts occur?
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In any climate
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In cold climates
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In dry, arid climates
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