Flashcards in Australia Final Deck (42)
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1
______ is the smallest and only single-nation continent in the world.
Australia
2
Australia is located entirely ______ of the equator.
south
3
______ is Australia's National Anthem.
Advance Australia Fair
4
Australia's National Holiday is ______.
Australia Day
5
The ruler of Great Britain is the official Head of State in Australia.
True
6
The majority of the continent of Australia is Tropical Savanna.
False
7
Because Australia is an island, its climate is more unstable than the climate of other continents.
False
8
Australia experiences droughts, floods, and cyclones each year.
True
9
Australia has ______ states. They are: ______, ______, ______, ______,______, ______.
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania.
10
Australia has ______ territories. They are: ______ and ______
The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
11
______ was Australia's first major industry.
Agriculture
12
Australia is the world's largest producer of ______.
wool
13
During, ______ Australia was cut off from Britain and had to produce many of its own manufactured goods.
World War l
14
Australia's most famous native animal is the ______.
kangaroo
15
Australia has limited mineral resources.
False
16
Australia is the world's largest exporter of gold.
False
17
In 1872, Bernhard Otto Holtermann found a 630 pound mass of gold in New South Wales.
True
18
When Europeans settled in Australia, they brought many species of animals that overpopulated and endangered Australia's ecology and native species of animals.
True
19
Australia is home to the world's only egg-laying mammals, the ______ and the ______.
duck-billed platypus and echidna
20
Australia's marsupials include the following 5 marsupials:
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
bandicoots, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, and kangaroos
21
Australia's interior region is called the ______.
outback
22
The ______ is one of Australia's most important trees and is used for making paper products, medicines, and soaps.
eucalyptus
23
The first people to live in what is now Australia were the ______ who arrived over 40,000 years ago.
Aborigines
24
Australia was officially adopted as the name of the continent in ______.
1817
25
About 50% of Australia's land is suitable for growing crops.
False
26
James Cook landed on Australia in 1770 and claimed the land for Britain.
True
27
Many of the first settlers were British prisoners placed in work camps or prisons.
True
28
Dutch is the official language of Australia.
False
29
Today, Aborigines account for ______ percent of Australia's population.
2.5
30
A ______ is a carved item, usually made of wood, which returns to its starting point when thrown correctly.
boomerang
31
The discovery of ______ in 1851 spurred an increase in Australia's population.
gold
32
In 1973, ______, a policy that limited the immigration of non-whites, was discarded.
White Australia
33
In 2000, Australia served as the host for the ______, held in Sydney.
Summer Olympics
34
______ was founded in 1836 and was named for the wife of King William lV of England.
Adelaide
35
Dirk Hartog was the first European to have reached Australia.
True
36
Melbourne, the capital of New South Wales, is the largest and oldest city in Australia.
False
37
Canberra became Australia's national capital in 1927.
True
38
The largest and most populated Australian island is Cartier island.
False
39
In 1787, eleven ships carrying ______ passengers, including ______ convicts, sailed from England to Australia.
1,450 passengers and 736 convicts
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.
Commonwealth of Australia
41
______ and ______ are the two Australian cities that began as settlements for convicts.
Sydney and Brisbane
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