geography- AUSTRALIA Flashcards
capital?
canberra
government & leader?
Parliamentary Constitutional democracy
prime minister - tony abbott
population?
21 million
GDP?
882 billion$
average salary?
41,000$
literacy rate?
99%
longevity?
79 male 84 female
religion?
26 catholic (cosmopolitan : all kinds of people)
natural resources? (minerals)
coal, oil iron ore
bauxite , uranium (U.S.A gets these from them)
Western Australia?
Dry Desert like
South Australia?
Part of dry outback
Queensland
Fantastic Tourism
New South Wale
Main State
Victoria
Progressive state
Tasmania
Island Paradise
Perth
Remote but beautiful resorts, Med. Climate
Sydney
(capital New South Wales) largest city, opera house, cosmopolitan
Melbourn
(capital Victoria) 2nd largest city,
Adelaide
(capital South Australia)
Hobart
(capital Tasmania) vacated prisons,
3 Deserts?
Great Sandy
Gibson
Great Victoria
nickname?
The land down under
native of australia?
aborigines
what do australians do for a living?
sheep stations - 1/4 wool export cattle stations- beef export wheat farms- central lowlands world leader export wine producers- south eastern australia motion picture mining tourism
giant monolithic rock?
ayers rock
cool air?
windward
warm air?
leeward
saltwater crocodiles location?
northern part of australia