1. In the year 526 A.D., about how many people were killed in the earthquake?

   A. 500     B. 60,000     C. 5     D. 250,000
 
 

2. What are the large waves called that sweep up on land  that are caused by earthquakes?
  A. Tsunamis    B. waves    C. Circum- Pacific Belt
  D. nothing above
 

3. What is a fault?
   A. a place where the rupture begins
   B. breaks in the earth      C. a carved area      D. waves

4. What part of land does the Alphide Belt run across?
   A. Compressional waves    B. earthquake
   C. Europe and Asia    D. the ocean

5. What is the focus?
   A. The place where the rupture begins     B. Seismic waves
   C. Turkey      D. Atomic bomb

6. About how many earthquakes are there in a single year?
    A. 500     B. 25      C. about 1 million      D. 5,000

7. The strength of an earthquake is mearsured on a scale called the......
    A. Richter Scale        B. Rupture Scale       C. Waves Scale
    D. Seismic Scale

8. What one earthquake fault can you still see?
      A. soft ground      B. San Andreas Fault     C. China
      D. Death Valley

9. About  how many rigid plates are in the world?
     A. 20      B. 305      C. 78     D. 23

10. A Compressional wave.....        A. makes more waves
     B. carries air       C. carries sound waves       D. takes ground in