Geography in the News - Week 10

1. The USA has signed a deal with the European

Union to limit the EU’s reliance on which country

for natural gas?

• a) Ukraine

• b) Russia

• c) Belarus

• d) China

2. Natural gas is what type of resource?

• a) Continuous

• b) Renewable

• c) Non-renewable

• d) Technological

3. Commuters in which Australian state capital are

to get free public transport for 12 days in April?

• a) Hobart

• b) Brisbane

• c) Melbourne

• d) Sydney

4. Thousands of people fled their homes near the

Taal volcano, in which Southeast Asian country,

after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of

metres into the sky?

• a) Philippines

• b) Thailand

• c) Indonesia

• d) Malaysia

5. Meteorologists have said that which weather

system, that brought torrential rains to

Australia’s east coast this summer, is likely to

extend well into autumn?

• a) El Niño

• b) Summer monsoon

• c) El Viejo

• d) La Niña

6. Which ride-sharing company has been granted a

two-and-a-half year licence to operate private hire

vehicles in London?

• a) Ola

• b) Didi

• c) Uber

• d) Go Catch

7. Ride-sharing apps and food delivery apps that

use digital platforms to connect freelancers with

customers to provide short-term services form

part of what type of economy?

• a) Big economy

• b) Gig economy

• c) Rig economy

• d) Fig economy

8. A UN-sponsored index has named which

Scandinavian country as the world’s happiest

country for the fifth year in a row?

• a) Germany

• b) Finland

• c) Norway

• d) Belgium

9. Which was the only non-European country to

feature in the top 10 in the happiness index?

• a) South Africa

• b) Australia

• c) New Zealand

• d) Afghanistan

10.The northern rivers region of New South Wales

has once again been hit with torrential rains

flooding towns including which town, Australia’s

most easterly?

• a) Lismore

• b) Byron Bay

• c) Armidale

• d) Port Macquarie