Mount Vesuvius Volcano Case Study

Which Italian city is Mount Vesuvius located next to?

• Rome

• Florence

• Naples

• Venice

When was the last time Mount Vesuvius erupted?

• 79 CE

• 1944 CE

• 2014 CE

• 2024 CE

When Mount Vesuvius famously erupted in 79 CE, which city did it bury?

• Naples

• Pompeii

• Londinium

• Rome

What type of volcano is Mount Vesuvius?

• A composite or stratovolcano

• A shield volcano

• A fold mountain

Is Mount Vesuvius an active, dormant or extinct volcano?

• Active

• Dormant

• Extinct

What two tectonic plates are coming together to create volcanic eruptions of Mount Vesuvius?

• The Pacific and Nazca Plates

• The Indo-Australian and Pacific Plates

• The Eurasian and African plates

• The Eurasion and North American plates

What type of tectonic plate boundary does Mount Vesuvius sit on?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Sliding/Transform

The CAUSE of Mount Vesuvius erupting would be:

• Two continental plates diverging from each other, allowing molten magma to rise from the mantle

• The dense oceanic plate colliding against a continental plate, causing the oceanic to sink, forming a subduction zone

How many times has Mount Vesuvius erupted (that we know of)?

• 3 times

• 10 times

• more than 30 times

Which of the following was NOT an impact of Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1944 CE?

• Destroyed the surrounding villages of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Massa di Somma, Ottaviano and part of San Giorgio

• 26 Italian citizens were killed and nearly 12,000 people were displaced

• The Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried

• The volcanic ash and brimstone heavily damaged a significant number of Allied aircraft as World War 2 was happening