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meagbuch

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on: Jul 14, 2018
Haiti's 2008 earthquake resulted in over 230,000 deaths whereas Japan's 2011 earthquake resulted in 20,000 deaths. What explains the differences in loss of life?
 
  A) effectiveness of search & rescue operations
  B) strength of the earthquake
  C) in Haiti there was also a tsunami that followed the earthquake
  D) local building standards
  E) effectiveness of search and rescue operations and local building standards

Question 2

Compare life expectancy at birth to GNI PPP among world countries.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


Fayaz00962

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

Answers might mention both high for places such as the USA and Europe, places like China with low GNI PPP, but high life expectancy, and places low on both measures such as African countries.


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