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IN THE
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1. Queen Margrethe II of which European country has 7. A volcano has erupted for the second time in a
abdicated in favour of her son Prince Frederick? month necessitating another evacuation of the
a) Norway town of Grindivik on which North Atlantic island?
b) Denmark a) Greenland
c) Belgium b) Iceland
d) Sweden c) Faroe Island
d) Long Island
2. Mary, the wife of the now King Frederick, was born
in which Australian state? 8. Lava is owing near Grindivik in a linear volcanic
a) Tasmania vent known by what term?
b) Queensland a) Fissure
c) New South Wales b) Dyke
d) Victoria c) Caldera
d) Magma chamber
3. There are plans to reintroduce the platypus to the
extensively rehabilitated River Torrens in which 9. A huge ancient city, hidden for thousands of
city? years by lush vegetation, has been found in the
a) Brisbane Amazon basin in which South American country?
b) Sydney a) Argentina
c) Adelaide b) Chile
d) Hobart c) Ecuador
d) Uruguay
4. The platypus is an egg-laying variety of which
mammal species? 10. The ancient city was discovered using what
a) Marsupials technology that is now commonly used to make
b) Crustaceans high-resolution maps of the ground surface
c) Arachnids through thick vegetation?
d) Monotremes a) RADAR
b) GPS
5. Five people trapped by rising oodwaters were c) LIDAR
rescued from Krizna Jama (Cross Cave) near d) SONAR
Ljubljana, capital of which Eastern European
country? 11. Which Scandinavian country has become the
a) Slovenia rst country to approve deep-sea mining in its
b) Austria national waters of the Arctic Ocean?
c) Poland a) Iceland
d) Latvia b) Sweden
c) Denmark
6. Krizna Jama, known for its emerald green d) Norway
underground lakes, is a cave system formed in
karst topography from what sedimentary rock? 12.A geographer would classify deep-sea mining
a) Sandstone into which industrial sector?
b) Basalt a) Primary sector
c) Shale b) Secondary sector
d) Limestone c) Tertiary sector
d) Quaternary sector

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13.Which technology company has become the 15.From January 5 the town of Inuvik in Canada’s
world’s largest smartphone maker overtaking Northwest Territories celebrated the return of the
Samsung, the top maker of smartphones for the sun with a 3-day Sunrise Festival after thirty polar
last twelve years? nights and no of cial sunrise.The town sits just
a) Apple above which parallel of latitude?
b) Xiaomi a) Arctic Circle
c) Huawei b) Tropic of Cancer
d) Oppo c) Antarctic Circle
d) Tropic of Capricorn
14.Which country has the most smartphone users,
almost 1.5 times more than any other country?
Did you know? Lightning strike totals over
a) USA
Christmas Day and Boxing Day (2023) in
b) China Eastern Australia:
c) India Over 225,000 within 100km of Canberra
d) Australia Over 115,000 within 100km of Brisbane
Over 100,000 within 100km of Sydney
Nearly 20,000 within 100km of Melbourne

Communities north of Cairns have

been cut off for weeks by the ooding
MAPPING THE NEWS associated with December’s TC
Jasper. The Captain Cook Highway
For thousands of people across eastern Australia the was cut in many places placing
Christmas holidays of 2023/2024 will be remembered as a pressure on this tourist town.
season of storms, torrential rains and ash oods that
tore through many parts of the east causing massive damage to houses,
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roads, farms and economic activity. In early December Tropical Cyclone
Jasper made landfall near the remote community of Wujal Wujal north of
Intense rainfall and ash ooding from
Cairns. As a slow moving system it brought heavy and extensive rains
Christmas night storms closed roads
across Far North Queensland. On Christmas Day and Boxing Day an
and caused landslips in this city and
outbreak of thunderstorms impacted areas in an arc from Brisbane
its hinterland. Strong winds caused
through to the west of Melbourne. Stormy weather has continued
powerlines and trees to fall on homes,
through much of January in the eastern states.
vehicles and across roads.
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Darwin
received hundreds of millimetres of
L rain in the rst two days of January
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Cairns
causing ash ooding and rivers to
Derby spill their banks.More than 530mm
was recorded near this town in only
Mt Isa
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Alice Springs Rockhampton

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Carnarvon 1008
Brisbane
Hail stones bigger than golf balls
smashed down over NSW on Boxing
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Perth 10 Hunter Valley was hit by a wild
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Adelaide 999 15 knots
golf balls and sharp winds tearing into
properties.
Melbourne
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Hobart
Severe ooding occurred in Victoria
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1018 in the rst week of January with
residents of places such as this town
AIR PRESSURE WEATHER SYSTEMS ordered to evacuate as the Goulburn
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River rose to dangerous levels.
High pressure system
Adapted from: Cold front Warm front Trough
Isobars
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JANUARY
IN THE No.1
NEWS
22 2024 thinking geographically
Australian Edition

ANSWER
No.1
KEY

1. Queen Margrethe II of which European country has abdicated in favour of her son Prince Frederick?
b) Denmark

2. Mary, the wife of the now King Frederick, was born in which Australian state? a) Tasmania

3. There are plans to reintroduce the platypus to the extensively rehabilitated River Torrens in which city?
c) Adelaide

4. The platypus is an egg-laying variety of which mammal species? d) Monotremes

5. Five people trapped by rising oodwaters were rescued from Krizna Jama (Cross Cave) near Ljubljana,
capital of which Eastern European country? a) Slovenia

6. Krizna Jama, known for its emerald green underground lakes, is a cave system formed in karst
topography from what sedimentary rock? d) Limestone

7. A volcano has erupted for the second time in a month necessitating another evacuation of the town of
Grindivik on which North Atlantic island? b) Iceland

8. Lava is owing near Grindivik in a linear volcanic vent known by what term? a) Fissure

9. A huge ancient city, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation, has been found in the Amazon
basin in which South American country? c) Ecuador

10.The ancient city was discovered using what technology that is now commonly used to make
high-resolution maps of the ground surface through thick vegetation? c) LIDAR*
* Light Detecting and Ranging (uses pulsed laser to measure variable distances to the earth)

11.Which Scandinavian country has become the rst country to approve deep-sea mining in its national
waters of the Arctic Ocean? d) Norway

12.A geographer would classify deep-sea mining into which industrial sector? a) Primary sector

13.Which technology company has become the world’s largest smartphone maker overtaking Samsung, the
top maker of smartphones for the last twelve years? a) Apple

14.Which country has the most smartphone users, almost 1.5 times more than any other country?
b) China

15.From January 5 the town of Inuvik in Canada’s Northwest Territories celebrated the return of the sun with
a 3-day Sunrise Festival after thirty polar nights and no of cial sunrise.The town sits just above which
parallel of latitude? a) Arctic Circle

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16. Port Douglas 17. Gold Coast 18. Murwillumbah 19. Maitland 20. Seymour

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