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WorksheetsGeography in the News - Special Food Security Edition - Term 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. Russia has blockaded ports in which sea that has
affected Ukraine’s grain exports to the world?
a) Red Sea
b) Black Sea
c) Baltic Sea
d) North Sea
2. Ukrainian grain shippers have carved out a fresh
export route through ports in which country on the
Baltic Sea?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Poland
d) Belarus
3. What impact has the continuing war in Ukraine
had on the world’s grain prices?
a) Prices have gone up
b) Prices have gone down
c) There has been no impact on grain prices
d) Prices are now given in Russian rubles
4. With production of 1,207 metric tonnes which
grain topped the list in terms of world production
in 2021/22?
a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Corn
d) Barley
5. What percentage of corn grown in the U.S. is
sweet corn that people eat fresh, frozen
or canned, the rest being field corn which is used
to make biofuels, animal feed and food additives?
a) 1%
b) 10%
c) 15%
d) 20%
6. Which country on the Horn of Africa is running out
of affordable food because its local harvests have
been wiped out by four successive failed rainy
seasons, and its major imports of wheat from
Russia and Ukraine have been disrupted?
a) Somalia
b) South Africa
c) Namibia
d) Egypt
7. What will make the US corn belt unsuitable for
corn by 2100 without major technological
advances?
a) Soil depletion
b) Climate change
c) Overuse of herbicides
d) Overuse of pesticides
8. Many people in which country ruled by the
Taliban are forced to eat scraps of stale bread as
its food security has decreased in recent times?
a) Pakistan
b) Turkmenistan
c) Afghanistan
d) Kazakhstan
9. Which delivery service is helping the UN deliver
food and water supplies to war-torn parts of
Ukraine?
a) Amazon
b) Hello Fresh
c) Alibaba
d) Uber Eats
10. Which South Asian island nation is giving
government workers an extra day off a week to
encourage them to grow food, amid fears of a
food shortage?
a) India
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan
d) Bangladesh
11.People in Pakistan have been asked to reduce
the amount of which imported caffeinated
beverage they drink to reduce the country’s
import bill and stabilise the economy?
a) Coffee
b) Coca Cola
c) Tea
d) Milk
12.The Philippines appealed to its top export market
Japan to pay more for which imported tropical
fruit to help cover a surge in production costs?
a) Apples
b) Oranges
c) Passionfruit
d) Bananas
13.Which production costs for farmers are rapidly
increasing worldwide, putting pressure on food
security?
a) Fuel
b) Fertiliser
c) Pesticides
d) All of the above
14.What has been the main reason for supply
issues of fruit and vegetables for consumers in
Eastern Australia this year?
a) Drought in food producing areas
b) Floods in food producing areas
c) Labour shortages
d) Overseas markets taking priority
15.A new study has found that transporting food
from where it is produced to our dinner plates
creates how many more times the amount of
greenhouse gas emissions than previously
thought?
a) Twice as much
b) Three times as much
c) Four times as much
d) Five times as much
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