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Geography in the News-9

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ceremonial lighting of the 2020 Olympic flame took place last week at Olympia in which Mediterranean country?

a)

Italy

b)

Spain

c)

Malta

d)

Greece

2.

What was used to ignite the Olympic flame at Olympia?

a)

Flint

b)

Sun's rays

c)

Matches

d)

Gas lighter

3.

Which Australian state as imposed a two-week self-isolation period for anyone entering the state due to the Covid-19 crisis?

a)

Queensland

b)

Tasmania

c)

South Australia

d)

New South Wales

4.

The 2020 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in which Japanese city?

a)

Kyoto

b)

Osaka

c)

Tokyo

d)

Hiroshima

5.

The two-week self isolation period on people entering this state will have the greatest impact on which industry?

a)

Retail industry

b)

Banking industry

c)

Logging industry

d)

Tourist industry

6.

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?

a)

Venice

b)

Rome

c)

Naples

d)

Milan

7.

Which country has revoked all trekking and mountain climbing permits on their side of Mt Everest due to the Covid-19 crisis?

a)

India

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Sri Lanka

d)

Nepal

8.

What advice was given by governments around the world that individuals can do to help stop the spread of Covid-19?

a)

Regular washing of hands

b)

Practise social distancing

c)

Limited travel outside the home

d)

All of the above

9.

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?

a)

Pilbara

b)

Arnhem Land

c)

Kimberly

d)

Cape York

10.

The Makassans lived on the island of Sulawesi in which modern Southeast Asian country?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Malaysia

c)

Thailand

d)

Brunei

11.

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?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

International Dateline

12.

What effect do the vernal and autumnal equinoxes have on day and night?

a)

Days are shortest and nights longest

b)

Days are longest and nights shortest

c)

Days and nights are of equal length

d)

They have nothing to do with day and night

13.

Chad, in Africa, is repaying a debt of US$100 million to Angola in what unusual way?

a)

75,000 tonnes of bananas over 10 years

b)

75,000 cattle over 10 years

c)

75,000 camels over 10 years

d)

75,000 tonnes of rice over 10 years

14.

The Economics Intelligence Unit has ranked Hong Kong, Osaka & which Southeast Asian city as the most expensive to live in?

a)

Denpasur

b)

Kuala Lumpur

c)

Jakarta

d)

Singapore

15.

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?

a)

Elephant

b)

Hippopotamus

c)

Black Rhinoceros

d)

Giraffe