Astralia

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

True or False - The ruler of Great Britain is the official head of state in Australia.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False - The majority of the continent of Australia is Tropical Savanna

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False - Because Australia is an island, its climate is more unstable than other continents

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True or False - Australia experiences droughts, floods, and cyclones each year

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Australia has __ States and they are:

Answer 9

6; New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland

Question 10

Australia has __ territories and they are:

Answer 10

2; Australia Capital Territory and the Northern Territory

Question 11

____ was Australia’s first major industry

Answer 11

Agriculture

Question 12

Australia is the worlds largest producer of ______

Answer 12

Wool

Question 13

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

Answer 13

World War 1

Question 14

Australia’s most famous native animal is the _____

Answer 14

Kangaroo

Question 15

True or False - Australia has limited mineral resources

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or False - Australia is the world’s largest exporter of gold

Answer 16

False

Question 17

True or False - In 1872, Bernard Otto Holtermann found a 630 pound mass of gold in New South Wales

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False - 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, echidna

Question 20

Australia’s marsupials include the following 5 marsupials:

Answer 20

Kangaroo, Bandicoots, koalas, wombats, and Tasmanian devils

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

True or False - About 50% of Australia's land is suitable for growing crops.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

True or False - James Cook landed in Australia in 1770 and claimed the land for Britain.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or False - Many of the first settlers for British prisoners placed in work camps or prisons

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or False - Dutch os the official language of Australia.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Today, Aborigines account for ____ % 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 with 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

Whites Australia

Question 33

In 2000, Australia serves as the host for the________, held in Sydney.

Answer 33

Summer Olympics

Question 34

__________ Was founded in 1836 it was named for the wife of King William the 4th of England.

Answer 34

Adelaide

Question 35

True or False - Dirk Hartog was the first European to have Reached Australia.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

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

Answer 36

False

Question 37

True or False - Canberra became Australia's national capital in 1927.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

True or False - The largest and most populated Australian island is Cartier Island.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

In 1787, 11 ships carrying ________ passengers, including ________ convicts, sailed from England to Australia.

Answer 39

1,450; 736

Question 40

on January 1st, 1901, the___________________ was established, getting power to a publicly elected legislature although the British monarch was the symbol ru was established, giving power to a publicly elected legislature although the British monarch was the symbol ruler of the land.

Answer 40

Commonwealth of Australia

Question 41

__________ and ____________ are the two Australian cities that begin as settlements for the convicts.

Answer 41

Brisbane, Sydney

Question 42

The Japanese occupied______________________ during World War II.

Answer 42

Christmas island