Australia Flashcards
1
Q
What does Australasia include
A
Australia New Zealand and neighbouring Islands of South Pacific Ocean
2
Q
Other name for Australasia
A
Oceania
3
Q
Who discovered Australia
A
Abel janzoon tasman
4
Q
What is named after Tasman
A
Tasmania and Tasman sea
5
Q
Who claimed Australia for England
A
Captain James Cook
6
Q
State the location and extent of Australia
A
Tropic of Capricorn passes almost through the centre of it
It lies entirely in the southern eastern hemisphere
10 degree South to 44 degrees south-latitude
112 degrees East tu 154 degrees East -longitude
7
Q
Boundary of Australia
A
North-arafura sea and Timor sea
South-Southern ocean
East-Pacific Ocean
West-Indian Ocean
8
Q
Physical features of Australia
A
Central lowland
Eastern highland
Western plateau
Coastal plain
