GED Social Studies: Geography and Earthquakes
Recently, there was a huge earthquake in Italy. It measured 6.3 on the Richter scale of earthquakes, and that’s really high. Hundreds of people died, and they’re still looking to find out how many people are hurt and killed, not to mention all the building that got ruined.
So, it made me think. Earthquakes are part of science, there’s the whole science of how the top layer of the earth shifts, causing earthquakes. And where it shifts is called “fault lines,” where two plates of the earth meet. There’s a fault line running right down the center of Italy.
But earthquakes are also part of social studies. They’re part of geography, which is all about how the physical nature of the world…mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans, deserts, and everything around us…affects how people live and how society changes. So, here are some earthquake social studies questions to think about:
- Why do people live in areas where there are a lot of earthquakes?
- What do people do to protect themselves from earthquakes? What do governments do to protect people from earthquakes?
- What is the government’s responsibility when there’s an earthquake? Why?
- How does an earthquake in Italy affect other nations and people around the world?
What do you think? Can you research earthquakes and how they affect society and people’s lives? What’s your analysis of how earthquakes affect people?
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