Volunteers sweep up ‘nail traps’ from Indonesian roads
June 30, 2025
Q: Volunteer crews are dragging magnets down the streets of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, to collect sharp metal objects thrown onto the city’s main roads by vandals trying to damage the tires of cars and motorbikes, possibly to set up robberies of the drivers. Where is Indonesia, a Southeast Asian nation spread over thousands of islands?
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Q: A volunteer said four tons of “nail traps” were collected from Jakarta’s streets over six years. Jakarta is located on the island of Java. How does Java compare with the world’s largest island?
A. 15th the size
B. 2,796 times more people
C. 84 degrees warmer
D. All of the above
Q: Jakarta is Indonesia’s largest city with a metropolitan population of 32.5 million people. But, it won’t be the nation’s capital much longer. Indonesia is building a new capital on what island just north of Java?
A. Borneo
B. Honshu
C. Luzon
D. Sri Lanka
Q: Jakarta has the largest metropolitan population in Southeast Asia, and it is the third-oldest continuously inhabited city in the region. Which region of the world has cities that have been inhabited the longest?
A. East Asia
B. South Asia
C. West Asia
D. North Africa
Q: With more than 283 million people, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous nation. Indonesians live on 730,720 square miles of land, or 390 people per square mile. Which among the 10 most populous nations is the most crowded?
A. Bangladesh
B. China
C. India
D. Pakistan
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