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Grade 8 Social Studies Atlantic Canada Project  Jenny Kwon

1.What is the story of the Titanic? -RMS TItanic is an ocean liner infamous for sinking on her maiden voyage in 1912.

2.Who was the captine of the Titanic? -Edward John Smith.

3.How many people died? -1517 people died.

4.Why did the Titanic sink? -Because Titanic hit iceberg.

5.How did the ship sink so quickly? -Because the front of the ship was filling up with water quickly, causing the front of the ship to go under first. This caused the back of the ship to angle upwards out of the water, and eventually the ship broke in half.

6.When did the Titanic sink? -15 April 1912

7.How big was the Titanic? -Titanic was the biggest and highest quality ship of its time. Titanic measured 882 feet, 9 inches and 92 feet wide and it took 15,000 strong work-force to build it.

8.How many people were there on the Titanic? -It had 2,207 people on board.

9.How many lifeboats were there? - There were only 20 boats: 16 wooden and four collapsible.

10.where did the Titanic sink? - Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean.It sunk about 400 miles from Newfoundland, Canada.

11.How many people were rescued? - 705 people survived the Titanic sinking

12.how many people could be put on 1 lifeboat? -65 people can fit in one lifeboat

13.Who invented the Titanic? -Thomas Andrews invented the Titanic.

14.How many days did they sail for? -The ship sailed for 5 days. (April.10-15,1912)

15.How long did it take to sink? -It took the Titanic two hours and 40 minutes to sink.

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