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What did Great Britain use Australia for?
to lessen the prison over-crowding
For testing of nuclear warheads
To raise cattle and sheep
To imprison prisoners taken in the American Revolution
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What is the main language of Australia?
French
English
Aussie
Australian
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Indigenous people of Australia
Aztecs
Aborigines
Dreamtimers
Maoris
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Business owners make decisions about what will be produced, with some government regulation.
mixed closer to command
traditional
mixed closer to market
market
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What describes the government of Australia?
unitary
autocracy
federal
confederation
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What caused many Aborigines to die?
being in prison
drought in the Outback
European diseases
Asian diseases
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What describes the government of Australia?
absolute monarchy
anarchy
constitutional monarchy
queendom
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Important trading partner of Australia, because of specialization and geographical closeness
New Zealand
South Africa
India
China
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Where do most Australians live?
the Outback
the southwest coast
Sydney
the southeast coast
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Representative of the Queen in Australia
Prime Minister
President
Prinsce
Governor-General
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Who chooses the Head of Government?
party with the most members
Queen
citizens
Governor-General
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taking risks to start a new business or create a new product
entrepreneurship
natural resources
human capital
physical capital
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What kind of economic system did the Aborigines have prior to the arrival of the colonizers?
market
command
traditional
mixed
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Australia's Head of Government
President
Prime Minister
Queen
Governor-General
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First to claim Australia for Great Britain?
Admiral Blackbeard
Captain James Hook
Queen Elizabeth
Captain James Cook
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Investment in advanced technology
entrepreneurship
capital resources
human capital
natural resources
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What is the main religion of Australia?
Judaism
Dreamtime
Islam
Christianity
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Investment in the education of workers
physical capital
natural resources
human capital
entrepreneurship
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Why were some British citizens sent by "transportation" to Australia?
They were cattle ranchers
They were representatives of the Queen
They were prisoners
They were gold miners
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not allowing any trade with another country
tariff
specialization
embargo
quota
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Australia is a democracy. Whom do the citizens elect?
Prime Minister
members of parliament
President
Governor-General
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What describes the government of Australia?
oligarchy
presidential democracy
absolute monarchy
parliamentary democracy
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Australia's Head of State
President
Prime Minister
Queen
Governor-General
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Why are many of Australia's plants and animals very different from the rest of the world?
because it's in the Southern Hemisphere
because they were created in the Dreamtime
Australia's great distance from everywhere else
Nearness to the South Pole
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Where did Aborigines come from?
Africa
Asia
New Zealand
China
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literacy rate of Australia?
100%
99%
50%
80%
