What happened?
This ancient city was destroyed because a volcano suddenly erupted and covered it in ash.
What is Pompeii?
The Dust Bowl was caused by drought and farmers removing too much of this plant layer that normally holds soil in place.
What is ground cover or grass?
After the Great Fire of London, the city rebuilt houses with this safer, less-flammable material.
What is brick or stone?
The Great Fire of London burned for this many days before it was finally put out.
What is 4 days?
This volcano erupted and buried Pompeii.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
The Great Fire of London is believed to have started in a bakery on this famous street.
What is Pudding Lane?
The Great Fire of London grew so quickly because most houses were made from this type of material that burned easily.
What is wood (or wattle and daub)?
After the Galveston Hurricane, the city built a large seawall and did this major engineering project to prevent devastating effects from future hurricanes.
What is lifting/raising the land?
The Dust Bowl lasted most of this decade, during which time the U.S. was also experiencing the Great Depression?
What is the 1930s?
Chernobyl is located in this modern-day country in eastern Europe.
What is Ukraine?
This Texas city was struck by a powerful hurricane with almost no warning in 1900.
What is Galveston?
The Galveston Hurricane was so destructive partly because the island had none of these protective structures.
What are seawalls?
After the Titanic sank, new laws required ships to have enough of these for everyone on board.
What are lifeboats?
The Galveston Hurricane killed approximately this many people, making it the deadliest U.S. natural disaster.
What is 6,000–8,000 people?
This Texas island city was directly hit by the 1900 hurricane.
What is Galveston?
In 1906, this California city experienced a huge earthquake caused by the San Andreas Fault moving.
What is San Francisco?
The San Francisco Earthquake occurred because two of these geological plates slipped along the San Andreas Fault.
What are tectonic plates?
Most people who fled the Dust Bowl packed their belongings and traveled west toward this U.S. state, hoping to find farm work.
What is California?
The Titanic carried around this many passengers and crew total.
What is around 2,200?
The area around Chernobyl is referred to as this, because the radiation released made this area around the plant unsafe for people to live in.
What is the exclusion zone?
This “unsinkable” ship sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
What is the Titanic?
The Chernobyl explosion made the surrounding area unsafe because it released this invisible danger.
What is radiation?
Chernobyl released radiation, which forced people to do this in order to stay safe.
What is evacuate/leave their homes?
The Chernobyl explosion released more radiation than this many atomic bombs (approximate comparison).
What is 400 times more?
After the Titanic sank, many survivors were rescued by this ship, which arrived during the night.
What is the Carpathia?