WorksheetsGeography in the News-9
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The ceremonial lighting of the 2020 Olympic flame took place last week at Olympia in which Mediterranean country?
Italy
Spain
Malta
Greece
What was used to ignite the Olympic flame at Olympia?
Flint
Sun's rays
Matches
Gas lighter
Which Australian state as imposed a two-week self-isolation period for anyone entering the state due to the Covid-19 crisis?
Queensland
Tasmania
South Australia
New South Wales
The 2020 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in which Japanese city?
Kyoto
Osaka
Tokyo
Hiroshima
The two-week self isolation period on people entering this state will have the greatest impact on which industry?
Retail industry
Banking industry
Logging industry
Tourist industry
The waters in canals in which Italian city on the Adriatic Sea are running clear for the first time in years as the Covid-19 lockdown has resulted in a drastic drop in water traffic allowing sediments to settle?
Venice
Rome
Naples
Milan
Which country has revoked all trekking and mountain climbing permits on their side of Mt Everest due to the Covid-19 crisis?
India
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
What advice was given by governments around the world that individuals can do to help stop the spread of Covid-19?
Regular washing of hands
Practise social distancing
Limited travel outside the home
All of the above
In early March a re-enactment was made of a Muslim Makassan voyage to Northern Australia. The Makassans visited which part of northern Australia, as far as the 1500s, to fish and trade with the native Yolngu people?
Pilbara
Arnhem Land
Kimberly
Cape York
The Makassans lived on the island of Sulawesi in which modern Southeast Asian country?
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Brunei
Last Thursday marked the vernal equinox, the offical beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the souther hemisphere. At the equinox the sun is directly overhead which parallel of the latitude?
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
International Dateline
What effect do the vernal and autumnal equinoxes have on day and night?
Days are shortest and nights longest
Days are longest and nights shortest
Days and nights are of equal length
They have nothing to do with day and night
Chad, in Africa, is repaying a debt of US$100 million to Angola in what unusual way?
75,000 tonnes of bananas over 10 years
75,000 cattle over 10 years
75,000 camels over 10 years
75,000 tonnes of rice over 10 years
The Economics Intelligence Unit has ranked Hong Kong, Osaka & which Southeast Asian city as the most expensive to live in?
Denpasur
Kuala Lumpur
Jakarta
Singapore
The latest figures show there's been a modest annual increase in the population of which critically endangered horned animal over the last six years in Africa?
Elephant
Hippopotamus
Black Rhinoceros
Giraffe
