Socials 10
1. What is prohibition?
Prohibition is the ban (making illegal) the selling and making of alcohol
2. Two new inventions of the 1920's?
range, toaster, vacuum, electric lights, cistern, Model T Ford
3. Explain how women's lives changed in the 1920's?
Women were free-er in terms of dress and rules. When they made their own money they became much more independent. New inventions made their lives easier. White women gained the right to vote.
4. Compare and Contrast Spanish Flu and Covid 19.
Similarities: used masks and hand washing to try and prevent spread, businesses were closed, fever, respiratory issues = symptoms, world wide pandemics
Differences: time periods, Covid mostly elderly affected, SF hit ages 24-40
5. One positive and one negative of prohibition?
Pos: less money spent on alcohol more on families, less petty crime
Neg: illegal underground alcohol trade, bootlegging
Geography 12
1. What are the main types of avalanches?
slab, cornice & loose
2. What are the prevailing winds and where do they mostly come from?
the predominant direction that the wind comes from
SW
3. Strike slip faults aka _____________ and an example.
Transverse
San Andreas Fault
4. What are some land forms found at divergent plate boundaries?
mid ocean ridges, rift valleys/grabbins, volcanic activity
5. What does the Modified Mercalli scale measure?
Intensity of an EQ
Bonus:
Differentiate between the epicentre and the focus.
focus is where the EQ happens within the earth, the focus is where is happens on the surface, directly above the focus
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