Pompeii Quiz

1: Mount Vesuvius has not erupted since 1944..

2: 3 million people live within 20 miles of the volcano’s crater

3: The explosion destroyed everything within 22 miles of the volcano

4: People need to look out for a warning rumble

5: Pompeii grows less populated every year

6: What makes Mt. Vesuvius so dangerous?

7: Why do vacationers chose to go to Pompeii most?

8: What was the sign that Mount Vesuvius could erupt soon?

9: When did Pompeii come to an end?

10: How far away could the eruption be seen?

11: An earthquake struck the _______ Region 16 years before the eruption

12: The type of explosion that wiped out Pompeii is called a ______ eruption

13: Pompeii along with neighboring towns ____ and ____ were both abandoned for a very long time

14: A 100 mile per hour surge of superheated poisonous and rock is called a ______ Surge

15: in 1748, many ___ and ___ were found exactly as they had been 2,000 years befire

16: Choose one short essay to write, neither choice is wrong