What is poor about inland areas such as Sichuan?

Experts point out that the earthquake hit an area that has been largely neglected and untouched by China's economic rise. Health care is poor in inland areas such as Sichuan, highlighting the widening gap between prosperous urban dwellers and struggling rural people. Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang told reporters in Beijing that the "public health care system in China is insufficient." The Vice Minister of Health also suggested that the government would pick up the costs of care to earthquake victims, many of whom have little or no insurance: "The government should be responsible for providing medical treatment to them," he said.


What did Gao Qiang tell reporters in Beijing?


How economically forward has this area been?


What did the Vice Minster of Health call the public health system in China?


What should the government of China be responsible for providing to earthquake survivors?


How many school children died due to shoddy construction?

In terms of school casualties, thousands of school children died due to shoddy construction. In Mianyang City, seven schools collapsed, burying at least 1,700 people. At least 7,000 school buildings throughout the province collapsed. Another 700 students were buried in a school in Hanwang. At least 600 students and staff died at Juyuan Elementary School. Up to 1,300 children and teachers died at Beichuan Middle School.


How many schools collapsed in Mianyang City?


How many people were buried in the collapsed schools?


How many school buildings collapsed in the province?


How many students were buried in a school in Hanwang?


What caused the deaths of many school children?


How many schools collapsed in Mianyang City


How many people were buried under rubble in Mianyang City?


How many school buildings fell in the entire province?


How many were killed at the Juyuan Elementary School?


When did an investigation occur under school casualties?

Details of school casualties had been under non-governmental investigation since December 2008 by volunteers including artist and architect Ai Weiwei, who had been constantly posting updates on his blog since March 2009. The official tally of students killed in the earthquake was not released until May 7, 2009, almost a year after the earthquake. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the earthquake killed 5,335 students and left another 546 children disabled. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Chinese government declared that parents who had lost their only children would get free treatment from fertility clinics to reverse vasectomies and tubal ligations conducted by family planning authorities.


When was the official tally of students killed in the earthquake released?


How many students were killed in Xinhua?


How many students were disabled in Xinhua?


What date were the official numbers of students killed in the earthquake released?


Who kept a blog about the school deaths?


What is the total of school children killed?


Where did the Chinese government decide that parents who had lost children could go for free treatment?


How many people were left without housing?

The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11 million. Millions of livestock and a significant amount of agriculture were also destroyed, including 12.5 million animals, mainly birds. In the Sichuan province a million pigs died out of 60 million total. Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported official estimates of insurers' losses at US$1 billion from the earthquake; estimated total damages exceed US$20 billion. It values Chengdu, at the time having an urban population of 4.5 million people, at around US$115 billion, with only a small portion covered by insurance.


How many people could be potentially without housing?


Because of the earthquake, how many people did not have housing?


How many people might actually be homeless?


How many pigs died from the earthquake in Sichuan ?


Who was a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech?

Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech, pointed out that the massive damage of properties and houses in the earthquake area was because China did not create an adequate seismic design code until after the devastating 1976 Tangshan earthquake. DesRoches said: "If the buildings were older and built prior to that 1976 earthquake, chances are they weren't built for adequate earthquake forces."


What is the profession of Reginald DesRoches?


When did China create a seismic design code for building?


What catastrophe inspired them to make a building design code/


What happened days following the disaster?

In the days following the disaster, an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region to make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings. Their findings show a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake.


After the quake what kind of international team was sent to the area?


What was the team sent to China to make?


What kind of reasons do their findings show?


News reports indicate that the poorer, rural villages were hardest hit. Swaminathan Krishnan, assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology said: "the earthquake occurred in the rural part of China. Presumably, many of the buildings were just built; they were not designed, so to speak." Swaminathan Krishnan further added: "There are very strong building codes in China, which take care of earthquake issues and seismic design issues. But many of these buildings presumably were quite old and probably were not built with any regulations overseeing them."


Who was an assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology?


What part of China did the earthquake occur in?


What did Swaminathan Krishnan mean when he said the buildings were just built?


What manner of building codes are there in China?


What were many of these old buildings built without?


What is an estimate of the economic loss from the quake?

Even with the five largest cities in Sichuan suffering only minor damage from the quake, some estimates of the economic loss run higher than US$75 billion, making the earthquake one of the costliest natural disasters in Chinese history.


What damage did the major Sichuan cities have?


What is an estimate of losses to economics?


Whose is this one of the costliest disasters in history of?


Which cities in Sichuan had minor damage?


How many buildings collapsed as a result of the May 27th aftershocks?

Strong aftershocks continued to strike even months after the main quake. On May 25, an aftershock of 6.0 Mw (6.4 Ms according to CEA) hit northeast of the original earthquake's epicenter, in Qingchuan County, Sichuan, causing eight deaths, 1000 injuries, and destroying thousands of buildings. On May 27, two aftershocks, one 5.2 Mw in Qingchuan County and one 5.7 Mw in Ningqiang County, Shaanxi, led to the collapse of more than 420,000 homes and injured 63 people. The same area suffered two more aftershocks of 5.6 and 6.0 Ms (5.8 and 5.5 Mw, respectively, according to USGS) on July 23, resulting in 1 death, 6 serious injuries, collapse of hundreds of homes and damaging kilometers of highways. Pingwu County and Beichuan County, Sichuan, also northeast of Wenchuan and close to the epicenter of a 7.2 Ms earthquake in 1976, suffered a 6.1 Ms aftershock (5.7 Mw according to USGS) on August 1; it caused 2 deaths, 345 injuries, collapse of 707 homes, damages to over 1,000 homes, and blocked 25 kilometres (16 mi) of country roads. As late as August 5, yet another aftershock of 6.1 Ms (6.2 Mw according to USGS) hit Qingchuan, Sichuan, causing 1 death, 32 injuries, telecommunication interruptions, and widespread hill slides blocking roads in the area including a national highway.


How strong was the May 25 aftershock in Qingchuan county?


How many people were injured in the May 25 aftershock?


How many homes were destroyed because of the May 27 aftershocks?


During the May 27 aftershock, how many people were injured?


Where was the aftershock of August 5 that caused widespread hill slides?


Executive vice governor Wei Hong confirmed on November 21, 2008 that more than 90,000 people in total were dead or missing in the earthquake. He stated that 200,000 homes had been rebuilt, and 685,000 were under reconstruction, but 1.94 million households were still without permanent shelter. 1,300 schools had been reconstructed, with initial relocation of 25 townships, including Beichuan and Wenchuan, two of the most devastated areas. The government spent $441 billion on relief and reconstruction efforts.


How many homes were left without permanent shelter?


Who spoke about the dead and missing people on November 21, 2008?


How many people did Wei Hong say were dead or missing?


How many houses were still under construction?


How many families were still without permanent homes?


Who flew to the earthquake area 90 minutes after it hit?

General Secretary and President Hu Jintao announced that the disaster response would be rapid. Just 90 minutes after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao, who has an academic background in geomechanics, flew to the earthquake area to oversee the rescue work. Soon afterward, the Ministry of Health said that it had sent ten emergency medical teams to Wenchuan County. On the same day, the Chengdu Military Region Command dispatched 50,000 troops and armed police to help with disaster relief work in Wenchuan County. However, due to the rough terrain and close proximity of the quake's epicenter, the soldiers found it very difficult to get help to the rural regions of the province.


What was Premier Wen Jiabao's background in?


How many troops were dispatched by the Chengdu military?


How soon after the earthquake was Premier Wen Jiabao on his way to the area?


How many medical teams were sent to Wenchuan county?


How many troops were sent to the area for relief work?


Besides the rough terrain, why was it difficult to get to the area?


What did the National Disaster Relief Commission initiate?

The National Disaster Relief Commission initiated a "Level II emergency contingency plan", which covers the most serious class of natural disasters. The plan rose to Level I at 22:15 CST, May 12.


What does a Level II emergency contingency plan cover?


What level alert was instated for the quake?


What class of disasters is a level II emergency?


What level was the disaster set at 22:15 CST, May 12?


What department initiated the emergency contingency plan?


How many people were in the earthquake emergency relief team?

An earthquake emergency relief team of 184 people (consisting of 12 people from the State Seismological Bureau, 150 from the Beijing Military Area Command, and 22 from the Armed Police General Hospital) left Beijing from Nanyuan Airport late May 12 in two military transport planes to travel to Wenchuan County.


How many of the relief team were from the State Seismological Bureau?


How many of the team were from the military?


How many of the team were from the police?


What kind of team left Beijing to go to Wenchuan?


How many people comprised the relief team?


How many soldiers were from the Beijing Military?


Where did 22 of the relief team come from?


How did the relief team travel to Wenchuan county?


What did the China Digital Times report?

In the China Digital Times an article reports a close analysis by an alleged Chinese construction engineer known online as “Book Blade” (书剑子), who stated:


Who was the construction engineer known as?


Where was an article reported about the scandal?


What was the name of the person who published a report in the China Digital Times?


On Children's Day, June 1, 2008, many parents went to the rubble of schools to mourn for their children. The surviving children, who were mostly living in relief centres, performed ceremonies marking the special day, but also acknowledging the earthquake.


Where were most of the surviving children?


Where did parents go to mourn their children?


How much did central state-owned enterprises donate?

Central State-owned enterprises have accumulatively donated more than $48.6 million. China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donated 10 million yuan each to the disaster area.


How much did China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donate?


How much have Central state enterprises donated?


How much did China National Petroleum and Sinopec donate?


How much did China receive in donated money and goods?

On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations. Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,000 worth of relief materials.


How many international organizations donated?


What country was the largest aid donor to China?


How much financial assistance did Saudi Arabia give China?


How much money was donated from foreign sources?


How many international organizations made donations?


What did the State Council establish in 2008?

In 2008, State Council established a counterpart support plan (《汶川地震灾后恢复重建对口支援方案》). The plan is to arrange 19 eastern and central province and municipalitie to help 18 counties, on "one province to one affected county" basis. The plan spanned 3 years, and cost no less than one percent of the province or municipality's budget.


What did the state council set up in 2008?


What was concluded about the construction?

An article in Science suggested that the construction and filling of the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the earthquake. The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture. The effect was "25 times more" than a year's worth of natural stress from tectonic movement. The government had disregarded warnings about so many large-scale dam projects in a seismically active area. Researchers have been denied access to seismological and geological data to examine the cause of the quake further.


What structure did an article contemplate could have caused the quake?


What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area?


Who disregarded warnings about dams in the area?


The earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions. Using data from the Intermagnet Lanzhou geomagnetic observatory, geologists Lazo Pekevski from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Macedonia and Strachimir Mavrodiev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences attempted to establish a "time prediction method" through collecting statistics on geomagnetism with tidal gravitational potential. Using this method, they were said to have predicted the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with an accuracy of ±1 day. The same study, however, acknowledges the limitation of earthquake prediction models, and does not mention that the location of the quake could be accurately predicted.


What did they collect to use in this method?


What was stated in the press conference?

In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. Seismologist Gary Gibson of Monash University in Australia told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he also did not see anything that could be regarded as having 'predicted' the earthquake's occurrence.


What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction?


What kind of issue is earthquake prediction?


What was received before the quake occurred?


What did seismologist Gary Gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake?


When was a Seismic Risk Analysis published?

In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region. He based his study on statistical correlation. That Sichuan is a seismically active area has been discussed for years prior to the quake, though few studies point to a specific date and time.


Who published the Seismic Risk Analysis?


Who published a Seismic Risk Analysis Study?


In what year did Chen Xuezhong publish an earthquake study?


What strength did he predict the next quake in Sichuan to be?


How long had it been since an earthquake of similar magnitude?

The earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years. Following the quake, experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance, and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of earthquakes in the future. Earthquake prediction is not yet established science; there was no consensus within the scientific community that earthquake "prediction" is possible.


How long since the Sichuan area has had a severe quake?


Does the scientific community agree that earthquake prediction is possible?


People wanted to know if the study of what math could produce better predictions?


What department was ready to join the rescue effort by Wednesday?

Many rescue teams, including that of the Taipei Fire Department from Taiwan, were reported ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan as early as Wednesday. However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended donating cash instead of other items, as it had not been possible to reach roads that were completely damaged or places that were blocked off by landslides. Landslides continuously threatened the progress of a search and rescue group of 80 men, each carrying about 40 kg of relief supplies, from a motorized infantry brigade under commander Yang Wenyao, as they tried to reach the ethnically Tibetan village of Sier at a height of 4000 m above sea level in Pingwu county. The extreme terrain conditions precluded the use of helicopter evacuation, and over 300 of the Tibetan villagers were stranded in their demolished village for five days without food and water before the rescue group finally arrived to help the injured and stranded villagers down the mountain.


How many Tibetan villagers were stranded?


What was the reason that many rescue teams could not join the relief efforts?


What action did the Red Cross recommend ?


What problem continued to stop rescue teams from reaching affected areas?


Where were the soldiers under commander Yang Wenyao trying to go?


What natural disasters were occurring in Wenchuan County?

Persistent heavy rain and landslides in Wenchuan County and the nearby area badly affected rescue efforts. At the start of rescue operations on May 12, 20 helicopters were deployed for the delivery of food, water, and emergency aid, and also the evacuation of the injured and reconnaissance of quake-stricken areas. By 17:37 CST on May 13, a total of over 15,600 troops and militia reservists from the Chengdu Military Region had joined the rescue force in the heavily affected areas. A commander reported from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, that around 3,000 survivors were found, while the status of the other inhabitants (around 9,000) remained unclear. The 1,300 rescuers reached the epicenter, and 300 pioneer troops reached the seat of Wenchuan at about 23:30 CST. By 12:17 CST, May 14, 2008, communication in the seat of Wenchuan was partly revived. On the afternoon of May 14, 15 Special Operations Troops, along with relief supplies and communications gear, parachuted into inaccessible Mao County, northeast of Wenchuan.


How many militia reservists joined in on rescue efforts?


How many troops parachuted into Mao County?


What were the biggest difficulties in reaching affected areas?


How many helicopters were sent to deliver aid to the affected areas?


By May 13, how many troops had been added to the rescue efforts?


How people were reported to be survivors in Yingxiu Town?


How many persons were still unaccounted for in Yingxiu?


By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, resulting in the largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history.


How many helicopters were provided by the PLAAF?


How many helicopter were to be provided by the civil aviation industry?


What is the total number of aircraft used in the relief operation?


How many helicopters came from the PLAAF?


What kind of operation did this massing of aircraft produce?


Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13. Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort. China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake.


When did Beijing agree to aid from Taiwan?


What was the first group from outside China to join in the relief operation?


Who made a direct chartered cargo flight?

A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas. Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16.


How did the move the relief supplies from Taiwan to the stricken area?


From what airport did the chartered flight leave?


Where did the chartered flight from Taiwan land?


What Red Cross team left Taipei on May 16


Where did the Red Cross team from Taiwan land?


On May 16, rescue groups from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort. The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities. During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which included tents and generators. Xinhua reported 135,000 Chinese troops and medics were involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities.


Who did the US share the satellite images with?


How many Chinese troops were involved in the rescue efforts?


When did groups from South Korea, Japan, and others arrive in China?


What was included in the the Air Force C-17 supplies?


How many Chinese troops and medics were involved in the relief efforts?


What was extensively used to pass information to aid rescue and recovery efforts?

The Internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts. For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery. After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters[not in citation given]. Volunteers also set up several websites to help store contact information for victims and evacuees. On May 31, a rescue helicopter carrying earthquake survivors and crew members crashed in fog and turbulence in Wenchuan county. No-one survived.


What was the purpose of this online rescue request center?


Where did rescue helicopters have trouble landing?


What was used as a communications aid in the relief efforts?


Who set up an online site to focus on blind spots in recovery?


What person suggested a landing spot for helicopters near the epicenter?


What kind of information were websites set up to store?


On what date did a rescue helicopter crash with no survivors?


On May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead. The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind people of the terrible disaster. There were also several concerts across the country to raise money for the survivors of the quake.


Where did the government open access to?


What did China do to mark the first anniversary of the quake?


What will the Beichuan county seat be used for?


What kind of event were given to raise money for quake survivors?


What is the Beichuan museum meant to remind people of?


Following the earthquake, donations were made by people from all over mainland China, with booths set up in schools, at banks, and around gas stations. People also donated blood, resulting in according to Xinhua long line-ups in most major Chinese cities. Many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to accounts set up by China Unicom and China Mobile By May 16, the Chinese government had allocated a total of $772 million for earthquake relief so far, up sharply from $159 million from May 14.


After the quake, people from where in China made donations?


What caused long lines in most major cities?


What were the Chinese setting up to take in donations?


How did a lot of people donate using mobile phones?


How much had the Chinese government designated by May 16?


How many tents were flown to the region?

The Red Cross Society of China flew 557 tents and 2,500 quilts valued at 788,000 yuan (US$113,000) to Wenchuan County. The Amity Foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked US$143,000 for disaster relief. The Sichuan Ministry of Civil Affairs said that they have provided 30,000 tents for those left homeless.


How many quilts were flown to the region?


How many tents did the Sichuan Ministry provide for the homeless?


What group took tents and quilts to Wenchuan county?


How much has the Amity Foundation designated for disaster relief?


How many tents did the Sichuan Ministry of Affairs provide?


What were all these tents and quilts for?


What foundation had already begun relief work in the area?


How many schoolrooms collapsed in the quake?

The central government estimates that over 7,000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake. Chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase: "tofu-dregs schoolhouses" (Chinese: 豆腐渣校舍), to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school children. Due to the one-child policy, many families lost their only child when schools in the region collapsed during the earthquake. Consequently, Sichuan provincial and local officials have lifted the restriction for families whose only child was either killed or severely injured in the disaster. So-called "illegal children" under 18 years of age may be registered as legal replacements for their dead siblings; if the dead child was illegal, no further outstanding fines would apply. Reimbursement would not, however, be offered for fines that were already levied.


What catch-phrase was invented as a result of collapsed schools?


Why did so many schools collapse during the earthquake?


What are the estimations of how many schoolrooms collapsed?


What has the citizenry started calling these type of schools?


What can illegal children be registered as in place of their dead siblings?


What did CCTV-1 host on the evening of May 18th?

On the evening of May 18, CCTV-1 hosted a special four-hour program called The Giving of Love (simplified Chinese: 爱的奉献; traditional Chinese: 愛的奉獻), hosted by regulars from the CCTV New Year's Gala and round-the-clock coverage anchor Bai Yansong. It was attended by a wide range of entertainment, literary, business and political figures from mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Donations of the evening totalled 1.5 billion Chinese Yuan (~US$208 million). Of the donations, CCTV gave the biggest corporate contribution at ¥50 million. Almost at the same time in Taiwan, a similarly themed programme was on air hosted by the sitting president Ma Ying-jeou. In June, Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, who donated $1.57 million to the victims, made a music video alongside other artists entitled "Promise"; the song was composed by Andy Lau. The Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign, an 8-hour fundraising marathon, was held on June 1 in Hong Kong; it was attended by some 200 Sinosphere musicians and celebrities. In Singapore, MediaCorp Channel 8 hosted a 'live' programme 让爱川流不息 to raise funds for the victims.


How large were the donations from the program?


How much did Jackie Chan donate to support?


What was the name of the music video that Jackie Chan made for the event?


What was the program that CCTV-1 hosted?


What did the donations total for the program?


What was the name of Chan's music video?


What did a professor at the Peking University say about the handling of the earthquake?

Rescue efforts performed by the Chinese government were praised by western media, especially in comparison with Myanmar's blockage of foreign aid during Cyclone Nargis, as well as China's previous performance during the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. China's openness during the media coverage of the Sichuan earthquake led a professor at the Peking University to say, “This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards”. Los Angeles Times praised China's media coverage of the quake of being "democratic".


What did Myanmar block after Cyclone Nargis?


What did a Peking professor say about Chinese media coverage?


Who praised Chinese media coverage as being democratic?


In which previous catastrophe not live up to international standards?


As a result of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks, many rivers became blocked by large landslides, which resulted in the formation of "quake lakes" behind the blockages; these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared that the blockages would eventually crumble under the weight of the ever-increasing water mass, potentially endangering the lives of millions of people living downstream. As of May 27, 2008, 34 lakes had formed due to earthquake debris blocking and damming rivers, and it was estimated that 28 of them were still of potential danger to the local people. Entire villages had to be evacuated because of the resultant flooding.


How many of the lakes were a danger to people?


What was the magnitude of the Sichuan earthquake?


By May 27, how many earthquake lakes had formed up behind landslide debris?


What had to be evacuated due to potential flooding?


Where was the most precarious quake lake located?

The most precarious of these quake-lakes was the one located in the extremely difficult terrain at Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan, accessible only by foot or air; an Mi-26T heavy lift helicopter belonging to the China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Company was used to bring heavy earthmoving tractors to the affected location. This operation was coupled with the work done by PLAAF Mi-17 helicopters bringing in PLA engineering corps, explosive specialists and other personnel to join 1,200 soldiers who arrived on site by foot. Five tons of fuel to operate the machinery was airlifted to the site, where a sluice was constructed to allow the safe discharge of the bottlenecked water. Downstream, more than 200,000 people were evacuated from Mianyang by June 1 in anticipation of the dam bursting.


How could you only get to this quake lake?


What machinery was airlifted into the location?


How many people were evacuated downstream?


What was the fear that caused 200,000 people to be evacuated from Mianyang?


Where was the worst of the quake lakes located?


How many soldiers had to travel to the area by foot?


The State Council declared a three-day period of national mourning for the quake victims starting from May 19, 2008; the PRC's National Flag and Regional Flags of Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions flown at half mast. It was the first time that a national mourning period had been declared for something other than the death of a state leader, and many have called it the biggest display of mourning since the death of Mao Zedong. At 14:28 CST on May 19, 2008, a week after the earthquake, the Chinese public held a moment of silence. People stood silent for three minutes while air defense, police and fire sirens, and the horns of vehicles, vessels and trains sounded. Cars and trucks on Beijing's roads also came to a halt. People spontaneously burst into cheering "Zhongguo jiayou!" (Let's go, China!) and "Sichuan jiayou" (Let's go, Sichuan!) afterwards.


What did the State Council declare a period of?


This was the biggest display of mourning since the death of who?


When did the Chinese hold a moment of silence?


What came to a halt during the moment of silence?


How long was the national mourning for the quake victims to last?


What was suspended for the duration of the mourning period?

The Ningbo Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic torch relay announced that the relay, scheduled to take place in Ningbo during national morning, would be suspended for the duration of the mourning period. The route of the torch through the country was scaled down, and there was a minute of silence when the next leg started in city of Ruijin, Jiangxi on the Wednesday after the quake.


Where was the relay scheduled to take place?


What was suspended during the period of mourning?


Where was the torch relay supposed to take place?


Where was there a minute of silence during the relay?


What colors did many websites convert their home pages to?

Many websites converted their home page to black and white; Sina.com and Sohu, major internet portals, limited their homepages to news items and removed all advertisements. Chinese video sharing websites Youku and Tudou displayed a black background and placed multiple videos showing earthquake footage and news reports. The Chinese version of MSN, cn.msn.com, also displayed banner ads about the earthquake and the relief efforts. Other entertainment websites, including various gaming sites, such as the Chinese servers for World of Warcraft, had shut down altogether, or had corresponding links to earthquake donations. After the moments of silence, in Tiananmen Square, crowds spontaneously burst out cheering various slogans, including "Long Live China". Casinos in Macau closed down.


What did internet portals remove from their home pages?


What did the crowds in Tiananmen Square do after the moment of silence?


Who was the principal of Sangzao Middle School?

Ye Zhiping, the principal of Sangzao Middle School in Sangzao, one of the largest in An County, has been credited with proactive action that spared the lives of all 2,323 pupils in attendance when the earthquake happened. During a three-year period that ended in 2007, he oversaw a major overhaul of his school. During that time he obtained more than 400,000 yuan (US$60,000) from the county education department, money used to widen and strengthen concrete pillars and the balcony railing of all four storeys of his school, as well as secure its concrete floors.


How much money was used to strengthen the construction of the school?


What school principal strengthened his school?


The Sangzao school is one of the biggest in what county?


How many years was Ye Zhiping involved in the school overhaul?


However, Reuters reported in June that, to date, Chinese prosecutors have joined an official inquiry into ten collapsed schools during May's devastating earthquake to gain first-hand material of construction quality at the collapsed schools, launch preliminary inquiries and prepare for possible investigations into professional crime. It was also reported that safety checks were to be carried out at schools across China after last month's earthquake.


What was to be carried out at schools after the quake?


Who has joined an official inquiry into the school scandal?


What investigation are the prosecutors pursuing?


Where are the Chinese going to perform safety checks?


What group reported that Chinese prosecutors were involved in investigating the schoolhouse collapses?


What was given in exchange of signing the document?

The New York Times reported that "government officials in Beijing and Sichuan have said they are investigating the collapses. In an acknowledgment of the weakness of building codes in the countryside, the National Development and Reform Commission said on May 27 that it had drafted an amendment to improve construction standards for primary and middle schools in rural areas. Experts are reviewing the draft, the commission said." To limit protests, officials pushed parents to sign a document, which forbade them from holding protests, in exchange of money, but some who refused to sign were threatened. The payment amounts varied from school to school but were approximately the same. In Hanwang, parents were offered a package valued at 8,800 USD in cash and a per-parent pension of nearly 5,600 USD. Furthermore, officials used other methods of silencing: riot police officers broke up protests by parents; the authorities set up cordons around the schools; and officials ordered the Chinese news media to stop reporting on school collapses.


What other methods were used to break up protests?


Who did the New York Times report was investigating the school collapses?


What are officials seeking to do about protesting parents?


What are officials offering parents in exchange of protests?


What has happened to some who refuse to agree to not protest?


What did officials order Chinese news media to stop reporting?


Besides parents, Liu Shaokun (刘绍坤), a Sichuan school teacher, was detained on June 25, 2008 for "disseminating rumors and destroying social order" about the Sichuan earthquake. Liu’s family was later told that he was being investigated on suspicion of the crime of inciting subversion. Liu had travelled to the Shifang, taken photos of collapsed school buildings, and put them online. He had also expressed his anger at “the shoddy tofu-dregs buildings” (豆腐渣工程) in a media interview. He was ordered to serve one year of re-education through labor (RTL). According to the organization Human Rights in China, Liu has been released to serve his RTL sentence outside of the labor camp.


What did Liu Shankun do with the pictures he took of collapsed schools?


Where did he call the schoolhouses shoddy?


In January 2010, Hong Kong-based English newspaper The Standard reported that writer Tan Zuoren attempted to document shoddy construction that may have led to massive casualties in schools, was sentenced to in prison ostensibly for his writing an article in 2007 in support of the pro-democracy movement in 1989.


When was the article published about the case?


What did he think that the poor construction led to?


Because of the magnitude of the quake, and the media attention on China, foreign nations and organizations immediately responded to the disaster by offering condolences and assistance. On May 14, UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families.


What did foreign nations offer China because of the severity of the quake?


When did China formally ask for help from the international community?


What organization reported that China asked for help?


Why did the world community notice the need for help?


By May 14, the Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7 billion yuan (approximately US$1.5 billion) had been donated by the Chinese public. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, one of the country's most popular sports icons, gave $214,000 and $71,000 to the Red Cross Society of China. The association has also collected a total of $26 million in donations so far. Other multinational firms located in China have also announced large amounts of donations.


How much did the Red Cross collect in donations?


How much money had been donated by May 14?


What famous basketball player made two large donations to the crisis?


How much has the Red Cross Society collected?


What did Francis Marcus say of the Chinese relief effort?

Francis Marcus of the International Federation of the Red Cross praised the Chinese rescue effort as "swift and very efficient" in Beijing on Tuesday. But he added the scale of the disaster was such that "we can't expect that the government can do everything and handle every aspect of the needs". The Economist noted that China reacted to the disaster "rapidly and with uncharacteristic openness", contrasting it with Burma's secretive response to Cyclone Nargis, which devastated that country 10 days before the earthquake.


What uncharacteristic attitude did China display?


What kind of attitude did Burma display in response to a cyclone a few days earlier?


How long before the quake did Cyclone Nargis strike Burma?


What organization did Francis Marcus represent?


What did stations replace programming with?

All Mainland Chinese television stations (along with some stations in Hong Kong and expatriate communities) cancelled all regularly-scheduled programming, displayed their logo in grayscale, and replaced their cancelled programmes with live earthquake footage from CCTV-1 for multiple days after the quake. Even pay television channels (such as Channel V) had their programmes suspended.


What government blocked aid after Cyclone Nargis?

Although the Chinese government was initially praised for its response to the quake (especially in comparison to Myanmar's ruling military junta's blockade of aid during Cyclone Nargis), it then saw an erosion in confidence over the school construction scandal.


Over what scandal did the Chinese government lose in public opinion?


What was the Chinese government first praised for?


What did parents accuse builders of doing?

On May 29, 2008, government officials began inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed, searching for clues about why they crumbled. Thousands of parents around the province have accused local officials and builders of cutting corners in school construction, citing that after the quake other nearby buildings were little damaged. In the aftermath of the quake, many local governments promised to formally investigate the school collapses, but as of July 17, 2008 across Sichuan, parents of children lost in collapsed schools complained they had yet to receive any reports. Local officials urged them not to protest but the parents demonstrated and demanded an investigation. Furthermore, censors discouraged stories of poorly built schools from being published in the media and there was an incident where police drove the protestors away.


As of July 17, 2008 what did parents complain of not receiving?


What kind of stories were being censored in the media?


The AP reported that "The state-controlled media has largely ignored the issue, apparently under the propaganda bureau's instructions. Parents and volunteers who have questioned authorities have been detained and threatened."


Who gave instructions to ignore the school issue?


What media source has reported this happening?


Why are the buildings so shoddily built?

On May 15, 2008 Geoffery York of the Globeandmail.com reported that the shoddily constructed buildings are commonly called "tofu buildings" because builders cut corners by replacing steel rods with thin iron wires for concrete re-inforcement; using inferior grade cement, if any at all; and using fewer bricks than they should. One local was quoted in the article as saying that "the supervising agencies did not check to see if it met the national standards."


What did builder's use in place of steel rods as re-inforcement?


Who was supposed to inspect building to see if they met national standards?


However questions still remain, as some of the corrupt government officials have still not been brought to justice, while the many families who lost their only child, are still seeking compensation and justice to what had happened. According to the Times, many parents were warned by the government not to stage a protest under the threat of arrest.


Who is still looking for compensation and justice?


What has the government threatened people with to keep them from protesting?


What media reported the threat of arrest?


What did many families lose in the earthquake?


What city in the United States has the highest population?

New York—often called New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part—is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.


In what city is the United Nations based?


What city has been called the cultural capital of the world?


What American city welcomes the largest number of legal immigrants?


The major gateway for immigration has been which US city?


The most populated city in the United States is which city?


How many boroughs comprise New York City?

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of New York State. The five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 8,491,079 distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790 km2), New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. By 2014 census estimates, the New York City metropolitan region remains by a significant margin the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (20.1 million residents) and the Combined Statistical Area (23.6 million residents). In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of nearly US$1.39 trillion, while in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the GDP of only twelve and eleven countries, respectively.


In what year were the five boroughs combined into one city?


In 2014, what did the census estimate the population of New York City to be?


What is the size of New York City in square miles?


What is the population of New York's Combined Statistical Area?


How man boroughs does New York City contain?


The five boroughs of New York City are named what?


All five boroughs of New York City formed into one city on what date?


What is the population of New York City as of 2014?


How many languages are spoken by the people of New York City?


What was the trading post that preceded New York City called?

New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a globally recognized symbol of the United States and its democracy.


In what year did New York become the largest city in the United States?


When did the English take over the area from the Dutch?


In what year did New York cease the be the capital of the United States?


New Amsterdam became the title of New York City in what past date?


The English occupied New York City beginning on what date?


New York City is the biggest city in the United States since what historical date?


How many tourists visited New York in 2014?

Many districts and landmarks in New York City have become well known, and the city received a record 56 million tourists in 2014, hosting three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world. Times Square, iconic as the world's "heart" and its "Crossroads", is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. The names of many of the city's bridges, skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and the city is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. Manhattan's Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 469 stations in operation. New York City's higher education network comprises over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, which have been ranked among the top 35 in the world.


How many stations are operated by the New York City Subway?


How many school and universities are in NYC?


NYC has the two largest stock exchanges in the world which are called what?


What island was once a part of Long Island?

During the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the geologic foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, the ice sheet would help split apart what are now Long Island and Staten Island.


During what period was the area around New York City located at the edge of an ice sheet 1,000 feet deep?


Long Island and Staten Island were split in half by what geographical phenomenon?


What was the name of the Lenape homeland?

In the precolonial era, the area of present-day New York City was inhabited by various bands of Algonquian tribes of Native Americans, including the Lenape, whose homeland, known as Lenapehoking, included Staten Island; the western portion of Long Island, including the area that would become Brooklyn and Queens; Manhattan; the Bronx; and the Lower Hudson Valley.


In what year did the first European arrive in the New York area?

The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown, who sailed his ship La Dauphine into New York Harbor. He claimed the area for France and named it "Nouvelle Angoulême" (New Angoulême).


What was the name of the first European who arrived in the New York area?


What was the name of Giovanni da Verrazzano's ship?


What nation did Giovanni da Verrazzano serve?


What did Giovanni da Verrazzano call the area when he staked claim on it?


When was the first European to visit the area of NYC?


Giovanni da Verrazzano's ship that sailed to New York was named what?


Giovani da Verrazzano was an explorer from which country?


In what year did a Spanish expedition visit New York Harbor?

A Spanish expedition led by captain Estêvão Gomes, a Portuguese sailing for Emperor Charles V, arrived in New York Harbor in January 1525 aboard the purpose-built caravel "La Anunciada" and charted the mouth of the Hudson River, which he named Rio de San Antonio. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August. The first scientific map to show the North American East coast continuously, the 1527 world map known as the Padrón Real, was informed by Gomes' expedition, and labeled the Northeast as Tierra de Esteban Gómez in his honor.


What was the nationality of Estêvão Gomes?


What was the name of Estêvão Gomes's ship?


The front of the Hudson River was named what by Estevao Gomes?


What was the first map to show the whole North American East coast?


What was the name of the explorer who visited the area in 1609?

In 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson re-discovered the region when he sailed his ship the Halve Maen ("Half Moon" in Dutch) into New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for his employer, the Dutch East India Company. He proceeded to sail up what he named the North River, also called the Mauritis River, and now known as the Hudson River, to the site of the present-day New York State capital of Albany in the belief that it might represent an oceanic tributary. When the river narrowed and was no longer saline, he realized it was not a maritime passage and sailed back downriver. He made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for his employer. In 1614, the area between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay would be claimed by the Netherlands and called Nieuw-Nederland (New Netherland).


In what year did the Netherlands claim the area between Delaware Bay and Cape Cod?


How many days did Henry Hudson spend exploring the region?


What did Henry Hudson call the river that is now called the Hudson River?


Henry Hudson worked for which company in the 1600s?


In what year was the land between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay claimed by the Dutch?


Which explorer sailed his ship into New York harbor in 1609?


The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Dominican trader Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as Jan Rodrigues). Born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent, he arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613–1614, trapping for pelts and trading with the local population as a representative of the Dutch. Broadway, from 159th Street to 218th Street, is named Juan Rodriguez Way in his honor.


What is the street that is named after Juan Rodriguez?


During what season did Juan Rodriguez first come to New York?


Who was the first non-Indian person to live in what is now NYC?


Which street in NYC today is now named after Juan Rodriguez?


On what island did the Dutch set up a settlement to trade furs?

A permanent European presence in New Netherland began in 1624 – making New York the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States – with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island. In 1625, construction was started on a citadel and a Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, later called New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam). The colony of New Amsterdam was centered at the site which would eventually become Lower Manhattan. The Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Canarsie, a small band of the Lenape, in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders (about $1000 in 2006); a disproved legend says that Manhattan was purchased for $24 worth of glass beads.


On what island was Fort Amsterdam built?


In what year did construction begin on Fort Amsterdam?


What person bought Manhattan from the Canarsie for the Dutch?


In what year did the Dutch buy Manhattan?


New Netherland established a permanent European presence in what year?


What year did building begin of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?


What was the myth that Manhattan was bought for by General Peter Minuit ?


What did the English call New Amsterdam after its capture?

In 1664, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without bloodshed. The English promptly renamed the fledgling city "New York" after the Duke of York (later King James II).


What was the regnal name of the Duke of York?


What person gave up New Amsterdam to the English?


In what year did the English take over New Amsterdam?


Who gave up New Amsterdam to the English without a fight in 1664?


What was the regnal name of the Prince of Orange?

On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III. However, facing defeat from the British and French, who had teamed up to destroy Dutch trading routes, the Dutch returned the island to England in 1674.


What was the date of Anthonio Colve's capture of New York?


What did Colve call New York after he captured it?


In what year did the Dutch give New York back to the English?


August 24, 1673 is when which Dutch officer took control of NYC?


The Dutch gave back the island to which country in 1674 after their trade routes had been destroyed?


New York was called New Orange for a period based off which historical figure?


After what war did the English receive New Amsterdam?

At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English gained New Amsterdam (New York) in North America in exchange for Dutch control of Run, an Indonesian island. Several intertribal wars among the Native Americans and some epidemics brought on by contact with the Europeans caused sizable population losses for the Lenape between the years 1660 and 1670. By 1700, the Lenape population had diminished to 200.


How many Lenape lived in the area in 1700?


What was the name of the island the English traded to the Dutch in return for New Amsterdam?


In 1700, the Lenape Native American population had dwindled to how many?


After which war did England gain New York in exchange for Run, an Indonesian island?


In 1730, what percentage of New York households were slave-holding?

New York grew in importance as a trading port while under British rule in the early 1700s. It also became a center of slavery, with 42% of households holding slaves by 1730, more than any other city other than Charleston, South Carolina. Most slaveholders held a few or several domestic slaves, but others hired them out to work at labor. Slavery became integrally tied to New York's economy through the labor of slaves throughout the port, and the banks and shipping tied to the South. Discovery of the African Burying Ground in the 1990s, during construction of a new federal courthouse near Foley Square, revealed that tens of thousands of Africans had been buried in the area in the colonial years.


In 1730, what American city had the highest percentage of slaveholders?


Near what square was the African Burial Ground unearthed?


What was being built that resulted in the discovery of the African Burial Ground?


Which city in North America held the most slaves in the 1700s?


When was as African burial ground discovered after the building of new courthouse?


In what year was John Peter Zenger tried?

The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan. The Stamp Act Congress met in New York in October 1765 as the Sons of Liberty organized in the city, skirmishing over the next ten years with British troops stationed there.


On what island did Zenger's trial occur?


In what year was Columbia University chartered?


Under what king did the founding of Columbia University occur?


What was the original name of Columbia University?


Which trial in Manhatten helped establish the right of freedom of the press?


Columbia University of New York was founded in what year?


The Stamp Act Congress had a meeting in 1765 in which US city?


What was the biggest battle of the American Revolution?

The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn. After the battle, in which the Americans were defeated, leaving subsequent smaller armed engagements following in its wake, the city became the British military and political base of operations in North America. The city was a haven for Loyalist refugees, as well as escaped slaves who joined the British lines for freedom newly promised by the Crown for all fighters. As many as 10,000 escaped slaves crowded into the city during the British occupation. When the British forces evacuated at the close of the war in 1783, they transported 3,000 freedmen for resettlement in Nova Scotia. They resettled other freedmen in England and the Caribbean.


In what borough did the Battle of Long Island occur?


In what month and year was the Battle of Long Island fought?


About how many escaped slaves were in New York during the time the British occupied it?


In what year did the American Revolutionary War end?


Which battle was the largest battle of the American Revolutionary war?


Which borough of New York was the Battle of Long Island fought?


When did the English army start to retreat and evacuate NYC during the Battle of Long Island?


On what date did the peace conference on Staten Island occur?

The only attempt at a peaceful solution to the war took place at the Conference House on Staten Island between American delegates, including Benjamin Franklin, and British general Lord Howe on September 11, 1776. Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New York occurred, a large conflagration on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, which destroyed about a quarter of the buildings in the city, including Trinity Church.


Who was the British representative at the Conference House meeting?


What notable catastrophe took place under the British occupation?


In what modern-day borough did the Great Fire happen?


What noted religious building was destroyed in the Great Fire?


Who was the English general who met with Benjamin Franklin on Septermber 11, 1776?


Which natural disaster happened after English occupation of Lower Manhattan?


In what year did New York become the United States capital?

In 1785, the assembly of the Congress of the Confederation made New York the national capital shortly after the war. New York was the last capital of the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation and the first capital under the Constitution of the United States. In 1789, the first President of the United States, George Washington, was inaugurated; the first United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States each assembled for the first time, and the United States Bill of Rights was drafted, all at Federal Hall on Wall Street. By 1790, New York had surpassed Philadelphia as the largest city in the United States.


Who was the United States' first President?


In what building did the Supreme Court of the United States first sit?


On what street did the writing of the Bill of Rights occur?


What was the second largest city in the United States in 1790?


Which organization made New York the national capital in 1785?


New York City became the first what under the new Constitution of the United States?


The first president, George Washington, took office in what year?


By which year, did New York City become the largest city in the United States?


In what year did the state of New York pass a law to free the slaves?

Under New York State's gradual abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were born to be eventually liberated but were held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties. Together with slaves freed by their masters after the Revolutionary War and escaped slaves, a significant free-black population gradually developed in Manhattan. Under such influential United States founders as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the New York Manumission Society worked for abolition and established the African Free School to educate black children. It was not until 1827 that slavery was completely abolished in the state, and free blacks struggled afterward with discrimination. New York interracial abolitionist activism continued; among its leaders were graduates of the African Free School. The city's black population reached more than 16,000 in 1840.


What borough was home to a notable population of free African-Americans?


Along with John Jay, who founded the New York Manumission Society?


In what year did the state of New York eliminate slavery?


In 1840, about how many African-Americans lived in New York City?


The gradual abolition act in New York was formed in what year?


When was slavery completely outlawed in the state of New York?


What plan of 1811 spread a grid of streets across Manhattan?

In the 19th century, the city was transformed by development relating to its status as a trading center, as well as by European immigration. The city adopted the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which expanded the city street grid to encompass all of Manhattan. The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New York connected the Atlantic port to the agricultural markets and commodities of the North American interior via the Hudson River and the Great Lakes. Local politics became dominated by Tammany Hall, a political machine supported by Irish and German immigrants.


In what year did the Erie Canal finish building?


What political machine controlled New York politics in this era?


Along with German immigrants, immigrants of what nationality supported Tammany Hall?


The Erie Canal was finished being built in what year?


What was the name of the first urban landscaped park in the United States?

Several prominent American literary figures lived in New York during the 1830s and 1840s, including William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, John Keese, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Edgar Allan Poe. Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the establishment of Central Park, which in 1857 became the first landscaped park in an American city.


Central park, in 1857, became the first park in America to become what?


What event brought many Irish immigrants to the United States?

The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.


In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?


In 1860, what fraction of the city population was composed of Irish immigrants?


In 1860, what percentage of the city population was composed of German immigrants?


What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?


Which event brought upon a lot of Irish immigrants to NYC?


How many immigrants that were Irish were living in New York in 1860?


Who was the mayor of New York City in 1861?

Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new military conscription laws during the American Civil War (1861–1865), which spared wealthier men who could afford to pay a $300 (equivalent to $5,766 in 2016) commutation fee to hire a substitute, led to the Draft Riots of 1863, whose most visible participants were ethnic Irish working class. The situation deteriorated into attacks on New York's elite, followed by attacks on black New Yorkers and their property after fierce competition for a decade between Irish immigrants and blacks for work. Rioters burned the Colored Orphan Asylum to the ground, but more than 200 children escaped harm due to efforts of the New York City Police Department, which was mainly made up of Irish immigrants. According to historian James M. McPherson (2001), at least 120 people were killed. In all, eleven black men were lynched over five days, and the riots forced hundreds of blacks to flee the city for Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as well as New Jersey; the black population in Manhattan fell below 10,000 by 1865, which it had last been in 1820. The white working class had established dominance. Violence by longshoremen against black men was especially fierce in the docks area. It was one of the worst incidents of civil unrest in American history.


What was the commutation fee to avoid being conscripted during the American Civil War?


People of what ethnicity most visibly participated in the Draft Riots of 1863?


About how many people died during the Draft Riots of 1863?


What was the approximate African-American population of New York City in 1865?


The Draft Riots caused which building to burn down in 1863?


In what year was the modern City of New York founded?

In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens. The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private systems, helped bind the new city together. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the city became a world center for industry, commerce, and communication.


In what year did the subway begin operation?


Portions of what modern-day borough were included in the County of New York?


The subway of New York was first available in what year?


In what year did the General Slocum disaster occur?

In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements in factory safety standards.


How many people died on the General Slocum?


In what building did the city's deadliest industrial disaster occur?


How many people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?


The growth of what organization was prompted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?


A catastrophe in 1911 that killed 146 workers was called what?


How many non-white people lived in New York in 1890?

New York's non-white population was 36,620 in 1890. New York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America. The Harlem Renaissance of literary and cultural life flourished during the era of Prohibition. The larger economic boom generated construction of skyscrapers competing in height and creating an identifiable skyline.


What was the name of the Prohibition-era African-American cultural flourishing in New York?


What was the population of people in New York that were not Caucasian in 1890?


In the early 1920s, what was the second most highly populated city in the world?

New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor and the fall of Tammany Hall after eighty years of political dominance.


What is the term for a city with a population of over 10 million?


Who was mayor of New York during the Great Depression?


For about how many years did Tammany Hall control New York political life?


In the 1930s, New York City had more than 10 million people becoming the first what in history?


When was construction finished on the United Nations Headquarters?

Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom and the development of large housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power. The United Nations Headquarters was completed in 1952, solidifying New York's global geopolitical influence, and the rise of abstract expressionism in the city precipitated New York's displacement of Paris as the center of the art world.


Prior to New York, what city was the center of the world of art?


What artistic movement caused New York to overtake Paris as the global art center?


The headquarters what organization was done being build in 1952 in New York?


The Stonewall riots are named after what building?

The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.


In what neighborhood did the Stonewall riots occur?


On what date did the Stonewall riots take place?


In what borough did the Stonewall riots happen?


What event provoked the Stonewall riots?


In what year did the population of New York first reach an all-time high in this period?

In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the beginning of the 1990s. By the mid 1990s, crime rates started to drop dramatically due to revised police strategies, improving economic opportunities, gentrification, and new residents, both American transplants and new immigrants from Asia and Latin America. Important new sectors, such as Silicon Alley, emerged in the city's economy. New York's population reached all-time highs in the 2000 Census and then again in the 2010 Census.


In what year did the population of New York reach an all-time high for the second time in this period?


What was the name of a new sector of the New York economy that appeared in the 1990s?


In what decade did the crime rate drop significantly?


In what decade was there a significant decline in industrial jobs?


Which decade did massive job losses happen in NYC due to industrial issues?


What was the name of the aircraft that crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001?

The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and later destroyed them, killing 2,192 civilians, 343 firefighters, and 71 law enforcement officers who were in the towers and in the surrounding area. The rebuilding of the area, has created a new One World Trade Center, and a 9/11 memorial and museum along with other new buildings and infrastructure. The World Trade Center PATH station, which opened on July 19, 1909 as the Hudson Terminal, was also destroyed in the attack. A temporary station was built and opened on November 23, 2003. A permanent station, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, is currently under construction. The new One World Trade Center is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height, with its spire reaching a symbolic 1,776 feet (541.3 m) in reference to the year of American independence.


What was the name of the aircraft that crashed into the World Trade Center's South Tower on September 11, 2001?


How many firefighters died in the World Trade Center attack?


On what date did the World Trade Center PATH begin operation?


How tall is One World Trade Center in meters?


The Hudson Terminal which was also demolished was build in what year?


How many leader terrorists of Al Quada were involved with the 9/11 attacks directly that day?


What was the plane named that crashed into the World Trade Center?


On what date did the Occupy Wall Street protests commence?

The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.


In what park did the Occupy Wall Street protests occur?


In what borough did the Occupy Wall Street protests take place?


In what district of Manhattan were the Occupy Wall Street protests?


The Occupy Wall Street protests that took place in Zuccotti Park was on which date?


What individual established the National Review?

When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, commented, "By hearkening back to New York's heart after 9/11, for a moment Trump transcended politics. How easily we forget, but for weeks after the terror attacks, New York was America."


In what year was the National Review founded?


What public figure defended New York in January 2016?


A presidential candidate from what party derided the city for its liberalism?


In what geographical region of the United States is New York City located?

New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading port. Most of New York City is built on the three islands of Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island.


In what geographical region of New York state is New York City located?


New York City is about half the distance between Washington DC and what city?


New York City is adjacent to what ocean?


New York City is at the base of which American river?


The Hudson River flows into which body of water?


The three islands that make up New York city are named what?


The Hudson River serves as a dividing line between New York and what state?

The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island. The Harlem River, another tidal strait between the East and Hudson Rivers, separates most of Manhattan from the Bronx. The Bronx River, which flows through the Bronx and Westchester County, is the only entirely fresh water river in the city.


What river flows between the Hudson and East Rivers?


What is the city's sole fresh water river?


Into what body of water does the Hudson River terminate?


Between New York City and what city is the Hudson River an estuary?


The Hudson River separates NYC from which US state?


The single only freshwater river in NYC is what river?


Which river seperates The Bronx from Manhatten?


What Manhattan development is the product of land reclamation?

The city's land has been altered substantially by human intervention, with considerable land reclamation along the waterfronts since Dutch colonial times; reclamation is most prominent in Lower Manhattan, with developments such as Battery Park City in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the natural relief in topography has been evened out, especially in Manhattan.


What is the total area of New York City in square miles?

The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the ridge is mostly covered in woodlands as part of the Staten Island Greenbelt.


In square miles, how much of the city's total area is composed of water?


In square miles, how much of the city's total area is land?


What is the name of New York City's highest point?


On what island is New York City's highest point located?


The highest peak in the city is what location?


How many feet above sea level is Todt Hil?


What structure is an example of saltbox architecture?

New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the most expensive new office tower in the world.


In what borough is the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House located?


What building is the priciest office tower in the world?


In what borough is One World Trade Center located?


In what year did construction on the oldest part of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House begin?


The most expensive office tower built in the world today is what?


How many high-rises were present in New York City in 2011?

Manhattan's skyline, with its many skyscrapers, is universally recognized, and the city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world. As of 2011, New York City had 5,937 high-rise buildings, of which 550 completed structures were at least 330 feet (100 m) high, both second in the world after Hong Kong, with over 50 completed skyscrapers taller than 656 feet (200 m). These include the Woolworth Building (1913), an early gothic revival skyscraper built with massively scaled gothic detailing.


What city has the most high-rise buildings in the world?


How many structures in New York City are over 100m tall?


In what year was the Woolworth Building completed?


How many buildings in New York City are over 200m high?


NYC has the highest quantity of skyscrapers after which other world city?


How many buildings located in NYC are at least 330 feet in height?


In what year was the Empire State Building completed?

The 1916 Zoning Resolution required setbacks in new buildings, and restricted towers to a percentage of the lot size, to allow sunlight to reach the streets below. The Art Deco style of the Chrysler Building (1930) and Empire State Building (1931), with their tapered tops and steel spires, reflected the zoning requirements. The buildings have distinctive ornamentation, such as the eagles at the corners of the 61st floor on the Chrysler Building, and are considered some of the finest examples of the Art Deco style. A highly influential example of the international style in the United States is the Seagram Building (1957), distinctive for its façade using visible bronze-toned I-beams to evoke the building's structure. The Condé Nast Building (2000) is a prominent example of green design in American skyscrapers and has received an award from the American Institute of Architects as well as AIA New York State for its design.


The Chrysler Building reflects what architectural style?


What floor of the Chrysler Building has sculptures of eagles at its corners?


What building known for its bronze-tinted I-beams was completed in 1957?


What is the full name of the organization known by the acronym AIA?


Which animal decorates the corners of the Chrysler Building?


When was the Empire State Building constructed?


When was the Chrysler building built in NYC?


In what borough is the Riverdale neighborhood located?

The character of New York's large residential districts is often defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and townhouses and shabby tenements that were built during a period of rapid expansion from 1870 to 1930. In contrast, New York City also has neighborhoods that are less densely populated and feature free-standing dwellings. In neighborhoods such as Riverdale (in the Bronx), Ditmas Park (in Brooklyn), and Douglaston (in Queens), large single-family homes are common in various architectural styles such as Tudor Revival and Victorian.


In what borough is the Ditmas Park neighborhood located?


In what borough is the Douglaston neighborhood located?


Brownstone rowhouse construction is most often associated with the period beginning in 1870 and ending in what year?


Along with Tudor Revival, what is a common architectural style of single-family houses in New York?


What type of housing structure makes up most of the large residential districts of NYC?


What event led to the decline in wooden construction in New York City?

Stone and brick became the city's building materials of choice after the construction of wood-frame houses was limited in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835. A distinctive feature of many of the city's buildings is the wooden roof-mounted water towers. In the 1800s, the city required their installation on buildings higher than six stories to prevent the need for excessively high water pressures at lower elevations, which could break municipal water pipes. Garden apartments became popular during the 1920s in outlying areas, such as Jackson Heights.


In the 19th century, New York city required water towers in the roofs of buildings that were more than how many stories tall?


What area was known for its garden apartments?


After the Great Fire of 1835, what became the most widespread building materials?


To prevent high water pressures at lower elevations what were built on many of the city's buildings?


When did the United States Geological Survey released its seismic hazard analysis?

According to the United States Geological Survey, an updated analysis of seismic hazard in July 2014 revealed a "slightly lower hazard for tall buildings" in New York City than previously assessed. Scientists estimated this lessened risk based upon a lower likelihood than previously thought of slow shaking near the city, which would be more likely to cause damage to taller structures from an earthquake in the vicinity of the city.


How many of New York's boroughs would be counted among the United States' ten most populated cities if they were independent?

There are hundreds of distinct neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs of New York City, many with a definable history and character to call their own. If the boroughs were each independent cities, four of the boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx) would be among the ten most populous cities in the United States.


How many boroughs does New York City have?


Which four boroughs of NYC would be among the the most populous cities in the US if they were independent cities?


What is the name of New York City's climate using the Köppen climate classification?

Under the Köppen climate classification, using the 0 °C (32 °F) coldest month (January) isotherm, New York City itself experiences a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and is thus the northernmost major city on the North American continent with this categorization. The suburbs to the immediate north and west lie in the transition zone from a humid subtropical (Cfa) to a humid continental climate (Dfa). The area averages 234 days with at least some sunshine annually, and averages 57% of possible sunshine annually, accumulating 2,535 hours of sunshine per annum. The city falls under USDA 7b Plant Hardiness zone.


How many sunny days does New York average each year?


How many hours of sunshine does New York receive every year?


The suburbs of the city lie between the humid subtropical and what other climate zone?


What month in New York City is the coldest?


How many days on average does NYC get sunshine annually?


What planting zone does the city land in?


What mountains serve as a barrier to keep New York City comparatively warmer in the winter?

Winters are cold and damp, and prevailing wind patterns that blow offshore minimize the moderating effects of the Atlantic Ocean; yet the Atlantic and the partial shielding from colder air by the Appalachians keep the city warmer in the winter than inland North American cities at similar or lesser latitudes such as Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. The daily mean temperature in January, the area's coldest month, is 32.6 °F (0.3 °C); however, temperatures usually drop to 10 °F (−12 °C) several times per winter, and reach 50 °F (10 °C) several days each winter month. Spring and autumn are unpredictable and can range from chilly to warm, although they are usually mild with low humidity. Summers are typically warm to hot and humid, with a daily mean temperature of 76.5 °F (24.7 °C) in July and an average humidity level of 72%. Nighttime conditions are often exacerbated by the urban heat island phenomenon, while daytime temperatures exceed 90 °F (32 °C) on average of 17 days each summer and in some years exceed 100 °F (38 °C). In the warmer months, the dew point, a measure of atmospheric moisture, ranges from 57.3 °F (14.1 °C) in June to 62.0 °F (16.7 °C) in August. Extreme temperatures have ranged from −15 °F (−26 °C), recorded on February 9, 1934, up to 106 °F (41 °C) on July 9, 1936.


What is New York City's daily January mean temperature in degrees celsius?


What is the average humidity in July as a percentage?


On average, how often do New York temperatures exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit each year?


On what date did New York record its highest temperature ever?


What is the highest temperature recorded in NYC?


When was the lowest temperature recorded in NYC?


The highest temperature ever recorded in NYC was in what year?


In millimeters, how much precipitation does New York receive a year?

The city receives 49.9 inches (1,270 mm) of precipitation annually, which is fairly spread throughout the year. Average winter snowfall between 1981 and 2010 has been 25.8 inches (66 cm), but this varies considerably from year to year. Hurricanes and tropical storms are rare in the New York area, but are not unheard of and always have the potential to strike the area. Hurricane Sandy brought a destructive storm surge to New York City on the evening of October 29, 2012, flooding numerous streets, tunnels, and subway lines in Lower Manhattan and other areas of the city and cutting off electricity in many parts of the city and its suburbs. The storm and its profound impacts have prompted the discussion of constructing seawalls and other coastal barriers around the shorelines of the city and the metropolitan area to minimize the risk of destructive consequences from another such event in the future.


In centimeters, what is the average winter snowfall?


When did Hurricane Sandy strike New York?


How many inches of precipitation does NYC get in a year?


Which natural disaster occurred on October 29, 2012 in NYC?


The mean snowfall between 1981 and 2010 in NYC has been how many inches?


What is the name of the New York City department that operates the park system?

The City of New York has a complex park system, with various lands operated by the National Park Service, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.


What is the state office that operates New York City parks?


What federal service operates New York City parks?


What city was rated as having the best park system by The Trust for Public Land?

In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in New York City was the second best park system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities, behind the park system of Minneapolis. ParkScore ranks urban park systems by a formula that analyzes median park size, park acres as percent of city area, the percent of city residents within a half-mile of a park, spending of park services per resident, and the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents.


What city had the second highest ParkScore rating?


The 2013 ParkScore rating for NYC made NYC second in best park system to what other US city?


How large is the Gateway National recreation Area in hectares?

Gateway National Recreation Area contains over 26,000 acres (10,521.83 ha) in total, most of it surrounded by New York City, including the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Brooklyn and Queens, over 9,000 acres (36 km2) of salt marsh, islands, and water, including most of Jamaica Bay. Also in Queens, the park includes a significant portion of the western Rockaway Peninsula, most notably Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden. In Staten Island, the park includes Fort Wadsworth, with historic pre-Civil War era Battery Weed and Fort Tompkins, and Great Kills Park, with beaches, trails, and a marina.


About how large is the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in acres?


What fort is located on the Rockaway Peninsula?


What park is located on the Rockaway Peninsula?


What body of water is Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge adjacent to?


How many acres of land does Gateway Nation Recreation contain?


What body administers the Ellis Island Immigration Museum?

The Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Immigration Museum are managed by the National Park Service and are in both the states of New York and New Jersey. They are joined in the harbor by Governors Island National Monument, in New York. Historic sites under federal management on Manhattan Island include Castle Clinton National Monument; Federal Hall National Memorial; Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site; General Grant National Memorial ("Grant's Tomb"); African Burial Ground National Monument; and Hamilton Grange National Memorial. Hundreds of private properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or as a National Historic Landmark such as, for example, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village as the catalyst of the modern gay rights movement.


What is the common name for the General Grant National Memorial?


In what neighborhood is the Stonewall Inn located?


What movement is the Stonewall Inn most famously associated with?


The Statue of Liberty is taken care of by what organization?


The Statue of Liberty is also in what other US state?


Ellis Island is considered in New York state and which other?


Which landmark is considered the spark for LGBT rights?


The landmark, General Grant National Memorial, is also called what?


How many state parks exist in New York City?

There are seven state parks within the confines of New York City, including Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, a natural area which includes extensive riding trails, and Riverbank State Park, a 28-acre (110,000 m2) facility that rises 69 feet (21 m) over the Hudson River.


How large is Riverbank State Park in acres?


How many meters is Riverbank State Park elevated above the Hudson River?


How many New York state parks are within New York City?


Riverbank State park's highest point is how high above the Hudson River?


New York has approximately how many acres of parks?

New York City has over 28,000 acres (110 km2) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (23 km) of public beaches. Parks in New York City include Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Forest Park, and Washington Square Park. The largest municipal park in the city is Pelham Bay Park with 2,700 acres (1,093 ha).


How many miles of public beach are located in New York City?


What is the biggest public park in the city?


How large is Pelham Bay Park in hectares?


New York City has how many acres of land dedicated to parks?


How long are all the public beaches together in miles?


What is the largest park in New York City?


How many acres of land does Pelham Bay park have?


What is the name of the military base in New York City?

New York City is home to Fort Hamilton, the U.S. military's only active duty installation within the city. Established in 1825 in Brooklyn on the site of a small battery utilized during the American Revolution, it is one of America's longest serving military forts. Today Fort Hamilton serves as the headquarters of the North Atlantic Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers as well as for the New York City Recruiting Battalion. It also houses the 1179th Transportation Brigade, the 722nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, and a military entrance processing station. Other formerly active military reservations still utilized for National Guard and military training or reserve operations in the city include Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island and Fort Totten in Queens.


In what borough is Fort Hamilton located?


What division is based at Fort Hamilton?


What brigade is headquartered at Fort Hamilton?


The U.S. military has only one active location in NYC named what?


Which borough can Fort Hamilton be found?


Fort Wadsworth and Fort Totten are located in which area of New York City?


What was the population of New York City in 2014?

New York City is the most-populous city in the United States, with an estimated record high of 8,491,079 residents as of 2014, incorporating more immigration into the city than outmigration since the 2010 United States Census. More than twice as many people live in New York City as in the second-most populous U.S. city (Los Angeles), and within a smaller area. New York City gained more residents between April 2010 and July 2014 (316,000) than any other U.S. city. New York City's population amounts to about 40% of New York State's population and a similar percentage of the New York metropolitan area population.


What is the US city with the second largest population?