Story points
This person always has lots of umbrellas with her and lives with Henry.
Who is Mrs. Travis?
This type of fault happens when plates slide into each other. This causes mountains.
Convergent fault
Who created the special code used for telegraphs?
Samuel Morse.
Chinese people were NOT allowed in this park directly after the earthquake like white people were.
Golden Gate Park
This device is a big yellow ball that sways back and forth to center gravity in the middle of the building.
Tuned mass damper
The water mains were broken OR the fire hydrants weren't working OR they ran out after a while
This type of fault happens when plates move away from each other. This typically creates canyons and valleys.
Divergent fault
Why was SOS chosen as the distress signal?
They are the easiest letters to use in Morse code.
Hunter's point is where they wanted to move this neighborhood.
Chinatown
This shape was used for stone blocks by the Incas in Machu Picchu.
Trapezoid
This is the mode of transportation that the Travis family used to leave San Francisco after the earthquake.
A boat or ferry
This type of fault happens when plates slide back and forth against each other. These cause the most earthquakes.
Transform fault
What company (that still exists today) used stagecoaches to deliver messages and packages since the 1850s?
Wells Fargo
Why did the government decide not to relocate Chinatown?
It was profitable to keep it for tourists.
When firefighters ran out of water, what did they do instead?
How old is the San Andreas fault?
28 million years old.
Why did people not need to copy Morse code directly on a paper and read it after a while?
Most operators became fluent in the language after a while.
This term is when everyone gets a different height stool to fit their different heights so that everyone can see over the fence.
Equity
This term is when a building won't be completely earthquake proof from damage but will be mostly protected against severe destruction, with just minimal damage.
Earthquake resistant
This is an example from the story of price gouging.
When the cab driver charges Mr. Travis $50 to take a woman to the hospital OR when a market raises their prices because they are still open after the quake.
The San Andreas fault line splits these two plates together.
The North American and the Pacific plate.
What was one way to deliver a written message before the telegraph?
Carrying it by hand on horseback or train.
When many Chinese people went back to their homes to claim their belongings, many were mistaken by the military as ___________.
looters
Machu Picchu is also the first known civilization that had its own ___________.
Plumbing and running water.