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WorksheetsHCC Paper 1 Typhoon Haiyan
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which country did Typhoon mainly hit?
Vietnam
Philippines
China
Australia
How many people died?
1150
14000
4200
6300
Name the city that was 90% destroyed by the Typhoon
Tocholate
Taliban
Tacloban
Turkenmenistan
How many fishing boats were destroyed?
30,000
39,000
19,000
9,000
How many homes were destroyed?
400,000
100,000
4,000
40,000
What is the correct term for the longer term(knock on) impacts of a hazard
tertiary
secondary
domino
primary
what was one of those secondary impacts?
strong winds damaged buildings
many homes were destroyed
the economy based on strong exports of copper meant many homes could be rebuilt
flooding caused landslides that blocked roads, cutting off aid to remote communities
What was the name of the aircraft carrier that helped with search/rescue and helped to deliver aid?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Barrack Obama
George Bush
What is the name of the charity that helped to deliver basic food aid eg canned food, rice, salt, cooking oil.
Australian Christian Aid
British red cross
Shelter
Philippines red cross
What is the correct name for the programmes set up that paid people to help clear debris and rebuild the city?
do nothing
cash for work
money for nothing
work for life
Which charity helped to replace many of the fishing boats?
Christian Aid
British red cross
Shelter
Oxfam
What is the name of the product that the UK government sent as an immediate response to the Typhoon?
shelter box
nosh box
Typhoon box
Caterpillar box
As an immediate response, how many evacuation centres were set up to help the homeless?
90,000
250
900
1200
How many mm of rain fell in Typhoon Haiyan?
40,000
400
40
4000
As a secondary impact: How many people lost their income (ways of making money) after Typhoon Haiyan.
16 million
106 million
26 million
6 million
On the Saffir-simpson scale of measuring Hurricanes/Typhoons etc . What number was Typhoon Haiyan?
5
4
3
2
Name the 3 correct design features of a cyclone shelter?
On stilts to prevent against flooding
Curved walls to deflect the wind
Built up high to give good views over the coastline
Shutters over windows to prevent glass from breaking
What are the 3 main ways to manage typhoons/hurricanes etc?
monitor, mathematics, mayhem
predict, plan, protect
present, plan, predict
procrastinate, perpendicular, pork scratchings
As an immediate response: The French, Belgian and Israeli army set up what to help the injured?
Large hospitals made of concrete within steel frames
Helicopter drops
Field hospitals
Message boards on social media to help contact relatives.
Which items were found in a shelter box?
mosquito nets, haribo, tool kit and thermal fleece blankets with holes in it
water containers, milk, family tent and wind up torch
waterproof ground mats, cooking equipment and mosquito nets
thermal fleece blankets, mobile phone chargers and bars of toblerone
