Geography in the News - Week 4 - Term 1 - 2022

1. After a dramatic decline in numbers which Australian marsupial has been listed as endangered across most of the east coast?

• a) Hairy-nosed wombat

• b) Rock wallaby

• c) Western red kangaroo

• d) Koala 

2. Low oxygen levels have killed thousands of fish in which river that drains into Sydney Harbour?

• a) Parramatta River

• b) Yarra River

• c) Torrens River

• d) Brisbane River 

3. In recent weeks massive rainfalls occurred from the far northwest of the country, right into central Australia and South Australia. The monsoonal rainfall was water evaporated from seas across which parallel of latitude to Australia’s north?

• a) Tropic of Capricorn

• b) Equator

• c) Arctic Circle

• d) Antarctic Circle 

4. Satellite data has shown that the number of trees cut down in January in which Brazilian forest far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year?

• a) Daintree rainforest

• b) Congo rainforest

• c) Amazon rainforest

• d) New Guinea rainforest 

5. Growing for some 10 million years, which rainforest is thought to be the oldest?

• a) Daintree rainforest

• b) Congo rainforest

• c) Amazon rainforest

• d) New Guinea rainforest 

6. The Rams won the 2022 NFL Superbowl after moving back to Los Angeles in 2016 from which inland city located near where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers meet?

• a) New York  

• b) Miami

• c) Honolulu

• d) St. Louis

7. What would a geographer call the point where two rivers meet to form one channel?

• a) Confluence

• b) Influence

• c) Congruence

• d) Continuance 

8. Which country is to change its name to “Türkiye” to better reflect the nation’s culture, civilisation and values?

• a) Turkmenistan

• b) Turkey

• c) Tunisia

• d) Tuvalu 

9. New Australian domestic airline Bonza has revealed it will fly 25 routes to 16 destinations around Australia and be based in Melbourne and which region just north of Brisbane?

• a) Gold Coast

• b) Atherton Tablelands

• c) Sunshine Coast

• d) Cape York 

10.A new study has revealed that which region of the USA is experiencing a 22 year long drought, the worst drought since 800AD?

• a) Northeast

• b) Midwest

• c) Southeast

• d) Southwest