Tan 5

1. Which of the disaster occurred the most often in the text?
- a. Earthquakes

2. An antonym for the word perish in the entry for 1900 is:
- b. Survive

3. You can conclude that in the1883 disaster:
- b. The explosion could have been heard a long way from Krakatoa

4. What disaster happened after the Great Drowning in Holland in 1362?
- a. The Great Fire of London

5. Only 60 people died in the Mount St Helens landslide in 1980 because:
- c. People evacuated the area in time

6. What would be the most likely reason for the people of starvation after Mount Tabora erupted in 1815?
- b. Their food and crops were destroyed

7. The disasters of 218 BCE and 1951 are similar because they both involved:
- a. Avalanches

8. Which statement is an opinion not a fact?
- b. More than 100 tornadoes hit Britain in 1981

9. If a strong earthquake occurs under the ocean, what will most probably follow?
- c. A volcanic eruption

10. The pronoun it in the entry for 2005 refers to:
- b. Hurricane Katrina

11. Which disaster entry involves a volcano, an earthquake and a tsunami?
- a. 1815

12. A timeline is a form of:
- a. recount