Geography News Quiz is a weekly quiz.

Questions focus on global news of the previous week from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school.

The quiz has two pages with 15 multiple choice questions and five mapping questions.
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The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w.
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How are schools using Geography in the News?

As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes.
Group research.
As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range
of news websites.
Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year.
Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject.
As a discussion starter.
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In whatever way Geography News Quiz is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom.

An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website.