Disasters & Hazards
caused by heavy rainfall, melting snow, and obstruction to waterways
What are Floods?
This President signed FEMA into law.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This agency was created in 2003 after 9/11.
What is Homeland Security?
Natural Disasters can be caused by a malfunction of a technological structure.
What is false?
The scale used to measure tornados.
What is the Fujita Scale?
Symptoms include: dry conditions, heat, strong winds.
What are wildfires?
The rise of Civil Defense came from this threat.
What is Nuclear War?
The amount of hours after a disaster the federal government can provide relief and support.
What is 72?
Wildfires contribute to to deforestation and can lead to flooding.
What is true?
The first city to establish a nightwatch. (AKA the first police)
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
This disaster can lead to landslides and tsunamis by shifting the earth's plates.
What are earthquakes?
This manufactured item caused a building to catch fire and explode in Beirut, Lebanon.
What are fireworks?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency. (The acronym)
What is FEMA?
Emergency managers respond to terrorist attacks the same way they do for natural disasters.
What is true?
What is the Civil War?