American History Quizzes, Quizzes / February 2012

New Madrid Quiz

Question 1
What part of North America was most severely affected by the earthquakes?





Question 2
Why did the New Madrid earthquakes cause relatively few deaths?





Question 3
The Wikipedia article reports a surprising result of the quakes. What was it?





Question 4
According to the map at http://mapstories.esri.com/new-madrid/, how far east might a new NMSZ quake be felt?





Question 5
According to the US Geological Survey, who recorded the earliest account of an earthquake in the region?







One Comment

  1. oompa loompa says:
    April 2012 at 8:34 pm

    lol