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WorksheetsImpacts of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1/3 of the dead were children
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
2.
275,000 people were killed in fourteen countries across two continents.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
3.
230 000 deaths in Indonesia
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
4.
1.7 million homeless. In Indonesia over 570,000 people were displaced.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
5.
Up to 9,000 foreign tourists were among the dead or missing.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
6.
Health professionals and aid workers have reported widespread psychological trauma associated with the tsunami.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
7.
Some tourists arrived for their holiday in amongst the wreckage
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
8.
Many tourists came back to help with recovery efforts and long-term rehabilitation, becoming part of the community
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
9.
5-6 million needing emergency aid, eg food and water.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
10.
Threat of disease from mixing of fresh water, sewage and salt water.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
11.
The tsunami waters washed away centuries of sand from some of the ruins of a 1,200-year-old lost city at Mahabalipuram on the south coast of India.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
12.
1,500 villages destroyed in northern Sumatra.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
13.
Ports ruined.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
14.
Fishing industry devastated - boats, nets and equipment destroyed.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
15.
Reconstruction cost billions of dollars.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
16.
Loss of earnings from tourism - foreign visitors to Phuket dropped 80% in 2005.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
17.
Infrastructure damaged, eg roads, bridges and rail networks.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
18.
An estimated 60% of Sri Lanka’s fishing fleet destroyed.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
19.
Since over 51,000 vessels were destroyed by the tsunami, there was a boom in demand for fibreglass catamarans in boatyards of Tamil Nadu.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
20.
179,000 buildings and homes destroyed across Indonesia.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
21.
Apung 1, a 2600 ton ship, was flung 2–3 km inland by the tsunami, and has become a popular tourist attraction in Banda Aceh.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
22.
Many tourists cancelled vacations to the region, even though their travel destinations may not have been affected.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
23.
Fertile land ruined by salt water.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
24.
8 million litres of oil escaped from oil plants in Indonesia.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
25.
Mangrove forests along the coast were destroyed.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
26.
Coral reefs and coastal wetlands damaged.
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
27.
Seawater pollution of land and water
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
28.
Erosion of the coast
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
29.
Erosion of the sea floor
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
30.
Flooded land
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
31.
Sand deposits on the land
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
32.
Trees broken or uprooted
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
33.
Erosion of cliffs
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
34.
Fish, shellfish, seaweed thrown ashore
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
35.
Pollution of the sea and and waterways by debris and chemicals
a)
Social
b)
Economic
c)
Environmental
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