Geography in the News - 16/8/21

Widespread floods have devastated parts of which East Asian country known as “the hermit kingdom”?

• Japan

• China

• North Korea

• South Korea

Which communist nation in the Caribbean Sea is to legalise small and medium-sized private businesses after mass anti-government protests last month?

• Cuba

• Jamaica

• Haiti

• Dominican Republic

Who previously owned all legal businesses in this communist country?

• Banks

• Business leaders

• Unions

• Central Government

An impressive ancient boat from the time of the pharaohs has been transported to its new home at a museum in Giza, part of the greater urban area of which Egyptian city?

• Cairo

• Alexandria

• Aswan

• Lucknor

Giza, famous as the location of ancient Egyptian monuments including the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, is built on what landform feature?

• Valley

• Plateau

• Mountain

• Coastal plain

Which West Asian country is to begin accepting vaccinated foreign visitors to the holy city of Mecca as part of the Umrah pilgrimage?

• Iran

• Iraq

• Saudi Arabia

• Jordan

The UN’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its first report on global heating since which year?

• 2013

• 2015

• 2017

• 2019

The IPCC’s report warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding if the world doesn’t take immediate action to reduce what?

• Nitrogen emissions

• Hydrogen emissions

• Carbon emissions

• Oxygen emissions

Traffic chaos occurred in London last week when which iconic drawbridge across the River Thames was stuck open due to a technical fault?

• London Bridge

• Tower Bridge

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Brooklyn Bridge

The world’s longest continuous bridge over water is the 38.42 kilometre long Lake Pontchartrain Causeway linking Mandeville and New Orleans in which southern state of the USA?

• New York

• Oregon

• California

• Louisiana