Kinds of Disasters
History
Disasters words
Human Disasters & Situations
Medical emergencies
100
This disaster causes the earth to shake
Earthquake
100
What is the name of the city that had been the first city that was bombed by an atomic bomb?
Hiroshima
100
The force of nature that has killed most people in the world is the following
Flood
100
What is the name of the sunken ocean liner that sank in the Atlantic Ocean, in 1912?
The Titanic
100
Shortness of breath, cold sweat, nausea, pain in the chest/arm/neck are typical signs of what medical emergency?
Heart attack
200
What is the name for the giant wave caused by an earthquake?
A Tsunami 
200
What Roman city was famously destroyed during an eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii; in addition Herculaneum and Stabiae
200
What is another word for tornado?
twister
200
What is what is the name of the war that started when someone shot another man named Mr. Ferdinand.
World War I
200
During CPR, the maximum amount of time you should stop preforming compressions (even when giving breaths)
10 seconds
300
When snow on top of a mountain quickly collapses causing the snow fall at extreme speeds
Avalanche
300
What was the name of the Japanese city that got destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1995?
Kobe
300
What is another word dangerous?
Hazardous
300
What city previous in the soviet union, but now in Ukraine witnessed the worst radiological disaster in human history on April 26, 1986?
Chernobyl / Pripyat
300
Someone who has been bitten by an insect or bee should be monitored for at least ______ minutes if they think they might have an allergic reaction.
30 minutes
400
These giant storms that include 200+kmh winds and extreme amounts of rain are known by two names in Asia and North America. -one is Hurricanes and the other is:
Typhoons
400
What is the name of the island that had suffered a huge volcanic eruption that was the loudest sound ever heard on Earth?
Krakatoa
400
Earthquakes in the world are measured and categorized using instruments, including one that is a scale called
Richter
400
The German airship The Hindenburg exploded in New York because of the following reason: a leak of
hydrogen
400
The organization in charge of declaring a pandemic is the following
WHO World Health Organization
500
This disaster occurs when there is not enough food produced to feed the population
Famine
500
The Black Death; also known as the _________ plague.
Bubonic
500
What is a "Conundrum?"
A "conundrum" is situation where after an emergency, people are confused, lost, without know what to do.
500
This young woman from Pakistan survived a terrorist attack at the hands of the Taliban. She later received the Nobel Peace prize for her advocacy work in women's education, after facing extreme violence.
Malala Yousafzai
500
How many brain cells does a victim lose for every minute they are having a stroke.
2 million