Geography in the News - Term 2 - Week 6

1. A skyscraper in the city of Skelleftea, in which

Scandinavian country, is constructed from over

12,000 cubic metres of wood and is capable of

storing nine million kilograms of carbon dioxide

throughout its lifetime?

• a) Netherlands

• b) Sweden

• c) Norway

• d) Germany

2. Illegal fishing along the Tuscany coastline, in which

Mediterranean country, has been stopped by a

seabed sculpture park whose statues snag the

nets of illegal fishers?

• a) Spain

• b) France

• c) Italy

• d) Malta

3. Tallinn, the capital of which most northern Baltic

state, has been named the European Green City

for 2023?

• a) Latvia

• b) Lithuania

• c) Estonia

• d) Bulgaria

4. China has announced that, with 1800 now living

in the wild, which iconic animal has been removed

from the endangered list?

• a) Asian tiger

• b) Snow leopard

• c) Sun bear

• d) Panda

5. Which city, Switzerland’s largest, is to shut down

its natural gas network in whole sections of the

city to fight climate change and save money?

• a) Interlaken

• b) Zermatt

• c) Bern

• d) Zurich

6. Which global fast food company is to trial reuseable

and returnable packaging, in support of its efforts to

slash single-use plastic from its UK restaurants by

2025?

• a) Burger King

• b) Fast Eddies

• c) Zaxby’s

• d) Pizza Pit

7. The ownership of 500 acres of a giant redwood

forest in which US west coast state, has been

returned to a group of Native American tribes whose

ancestors were expelled from it generations ago?

• a) Maine

• b) California

• c) Texas

• d) Utah

8. A court in Brazil has upheld the suspension of a

licence for what would be the world’s largest

open cut gold mine in which rainforest?

• a) Daintree Rainforest

• b) Congo Rainforest

• c) Amazon Rainforest

• d) Valdivian Temperate Rainforest

9. Scientists have revealed that which layer of the

atmosphere that protects the earth’s surface from

harmful UV rays is continuing to recover?

• a) Ozone layer

• b) Van Allen Belt

• c) Thermosphere

• d) Magnetosphere

10.Following a long wet season drought declarations

have been dropped for more than half of which

Australian state that has had large parts in drought

for almost ten years?

• a) Western Australia

• b) Victoria

• c) South Australia

• d) Queensland