GCSE Geography Edexcel B - Paper 1 (Global Geographical Issues)

Question 1

What was the category of Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

What was the category of Cyclone Sidr?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

What was the death toll of Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 3

1833

Question 4

What was the death toll of Cyclone Sidr?

Answer 4

3447

Question 5

Who owned the satellites that photographed hurricane katrina?

Answer 5

USA

Question 6

Who owned the satellites that photographed Cyclone Sidr?

Answer 6

China

Question 7

State 1 factor affecting the death toll of Hurricane Katrina.

Answer 7

Many low income and elderly residents could not evacuate from New Orleans due to storm surges.

Question 8

State 1 factor affecting the death toll of Cyclone Sidr.

Answer 8

Lack of cyclone shelters.
Low lying land.
High population density.

Question 9

What warning systems were in place to limit the impact of Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 9

TV and radio alerts
Text messages

Question 10

What warning systems were in place to limit the impact of Cyclone Sidr?

Answer 10

“Cyclone wardens”
Posters

Question 11

What was the death toll of the Japan earthquake?

Answer 11

15,000

Question 12

What was the death toll of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 12

316,000

Question 13

State the economic cost of the Japan earthquake?

Answer 13

235 Billion USD

Question 14

How many people were made homeless after the haiti earthquake?

Answer 14

1.5 million people

Question 15

What did Japan do to limit the effect of the earthquake?

Answer 15

Cleared roads of debris and flew in doctors (Japanese Army)
Sent texts to warn people before the disaster
The Japanese Red Cross received $1B in donations and used those donations to help people affected

Question 16

What did Haiti do to limit the effect of the earthquake?

Answer 16

No internal response.

Question 17

Why were less buildings destroyed in Japan compared to Haiti?

Answer 17

Japan had earthquake proof buildings designed to tilt when the ground shaked.
Haiti’s buildings were made of scrap metal so they were destroyed easily.

Question 18

What long term planning did Haiti implement and was this effective?

Answer 18

Not effective.
Only a few buildings owned by the rich were improved.

Question 19

What emergency service response did Japan deploy immediately after the disaster?

Answer 19

The military was mobilised to search for surviours and set up shelters.

Question 20

What emergency service response did Haiti deploy immediately after the disaster?

Answer 20

None.
International aid was received however.