Storms
When hot and cold air meet, there's a chance of creating a destructive vortex of rapidly spinning wind, or more commonly, this.
Tornado
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buried this Roman city under tons of volcanic ash.
Pompeii
When disease struck these root vegetables, it led to one of the greatest famines to ever strike Ireland.
Potatoes
Due to frequent droughts, California's forests are often subject to these disasters
Wild fires
The most recent pandemic in human history.
Covid-19
An earthquake or a volcanic eruption deep in the ocean can create these deadly, giant waves.
Tsunami
Most of the volcanoes in the U.S. are located in what state?
Alaska
This root vegetable, native to the Americas, was a staple crop of Pacific Islanders and helped them to maintain independence for much longer than other New World locales.
Sweet potatoes.
Don't drink the water in this Michigan city! It's toxic!
Flint, Michigan
Between the years of 1918 and 1920 this pandemic killed up to 100 million people worldwide.
The Spanish Flu
The most expensive hurricane in U.S. history
Hurricane Katrina
This U.S. state is made up of several volcanic islands.
Hawaii
This root vegetable, native to the Americas - specifically the Caribbean - is now the most important staple crop in Africa.
Cassava
Irrigation.
Yersina Pestis caused this pandemic in 14th century Europe, killing nearly 60% of the European population.
The Black Plague / The Bubonic Plague
The name of this weather phenomenon originally comes from Japanese, where it literally translates to "Big Wind"
Typhoon
The Ring of Fire is a tectonic belt of volcanic activity that surrounds what ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
They may taste like a vegetable, but this fruit - which is native to the Americas - revolutionized cuisine around the world. Can you imagine Italy without it?
Are the glaciers around the North and South Poles made of salt water or fresh water?
Fresh water.
Since its discovery in 1981, this pandemic has killed 43 million worldwide, but hope for a cure is on the horizon.
If there is lightning in the sky, you're experiencing this kind of storm.
Thunderstorm
The most destructive volcanic eruption in the United States in recent time occured in 1980 on this mountain.
Mt. Saint Helens
This crop, which was the most popular in the early colonial period of the Americas, today accounts for millions of deaths by cancer and lung disease.
Tobacco
In some parts of this continent, people must still walk for miles just to get clean drinking water.
Africa
The only disease to be completely eradicated worldwide.
Smallpox