Week 4 Hazards and Disasters Quiz

Question 1

Which is the largest continent by land size?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 2

Which continent has the most countries?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 3

How many continents are there in the world?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 4

Micheal Jordan wore which number for the majority of his career?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 5

The number of Hyrdro-meteorological hazards since 1900 has....

Accepted Answer

Increased

Question 6

How many world oceans are there?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 7

A Tsunami is a hyrdo-meteorological hazard?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Malaria is spread by which vector?

Accepted Answer

The female anopheles mosquite

Question 9

What is not a criteria for a disaster?

Accepted Answer

Level of Economic Damage

Question 10

Why might someone choose to live in a hazard prone area?

Accepted Answer

Cultural connection to the land, Cheaper cost of land, Unaware of the danger

Question 11

In 2011, an earthquake hit which NZ town?

Accepted Answer

Christchurch

Question 12

Short-term impacts of Natural Disasters

Accepted Answer

occur in the seconds, minutes, hours after a hazard event

Question 13

How many countries do you need to cross to go from North Korea to Norway?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 14

Which is not a Key Geographic Characteristic?

Accepted Answer

Location

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