Australia Final

Question 1

______ is the smallest and only single-nation continent in the world.

Answer 1

Australia

Question 2

Australia is located entirely ______ of the equator.

Answer 2

south

Question 3

______ is Australia’s National Anthem.

Answer 3

Advance Australia Fair

Question 4

Australia’s National Holiday is ______.

Answer 4

Australia Day

Question 5

The ruler of Great Britain is the official Head of State in Australia.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The majority of the continent of Australia is Tropical Savanna.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Because Australia is an island, its climate is more unstable than the climate of other continents.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Australia experiences droughts, floods, and cyclones each year.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Australia has ______ states. They are: ______, ______, ______, ______,______, ______.

Answer 9

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania.

Question 10

Australia has ______ territories. They are: ______ and ______

Answer 10

The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

Question 11

______ was Australia’s first major industry.

Answer 11

Agriculture

Question 12

Australia is the world’s largest producer of ______.

Answer 12

wool

Question 13

During, ______ Australia was cut off from Britain and had to produce many of its own manufactured goods.

Answer 13

World War l

Question 14

Australia’s most famous native animal is the ______.

Answer 14

kangaroo

Question 15

Australia has limited mineral resources.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of gold.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

In 1872, Bernhard Otto Holtermann found a 630 pound mass of gold in New South Wales.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

When Europeans settled in Australia, they brought many species of animals that overpopulated and endangered Australia’s ecology and native species of animals.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Australia is home to the world’s only egg-laying mammals, the ______ and the ______.

Answer 19

duck-billed platypus and echidna

Question 20

Australia’s marsupials include the following 5 marsupials:

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______

Answer 20

bandicoots, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, and kangaroos

Question 21

Australia’s interior region is called the ______.

Answer 21

outback

Question 22

The ______ is one of Australia’s most important trees and is used for making paper products, medicines, and soaps.

Answer 22

eucalyptus

Question 23

The first people to live in what is now Australia were the ______ who arrived over 40,000 years ago.

Answer 23

Aborigines

Question 24

Australia was officially adopted as the name of the continent in ______.

Answer 24

1817

Question 25

About 50% of Australia’s land is suitable for growing crops.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

James Cook landed on Australia in 1770 and claimed the land for Britain.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Many of the first settlers were British prisoners placed in work camps or prisons.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Dutch is the official language of Australia.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Today, Aborigines account for ______ percent of Australia’s population.

Answer 29

2.5

Question 30

A ______ is a carved item, usually made of wood, which returns to its starting point when thrown correctly.

Answer 30

boomerang

Question 31

The discovery of ______ in 1851 spurred an increase in Australia’s population.

Answer 31

gold

Question 32

In 1973, ______, a policy that limited the immigration of non-whites, was discarded.

Answer 32

White Australia

Question 33

In 2000, Australia served as the host for the ______, held in Sydney.

Answer 33

Summer Olympics

Question 34

______ was founded in 1836 and was named for the wife of King William lV of England.

Answer 34

Adelaide

Question 35

Dirk Hartog was the first European to have reached Australia.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Melbourne, the capital of New South Wales, is the largest and oldest city in Australia.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Canberra became Australia’s national capital in 1927.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

The largest and most populated Australian island is Cartier island.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

In 1787, eleven ships carrying ______ passengers, including ______ convicts, sailed from England to Australia.

Answer 39

1,450 passengers and 736 convicts

Question 40

On January 1, 1901, the ______ was established, giving power to a publicly-elected legislature although the British monarch was the symbolic ruler of the land.

Answer 40

Commonwealth of Australia

Question 41

______ and ______ are the two Australian cities that began as settlements for convicts.

Answer 41

Sydney and Brisbane

Question 42

The Japanese occupied ______ during World War ll.

Answer 42

Christmas Island