Great Australian Bight

Is South of the Nullarbor Plain

Great Dividing Range (click all that apply)

All rivers originate here, Population lives East of Range

is the lowest point in Australia

Choose all the deserts that make up the Outback

Great Victoria, Gibson, Great Sandy

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1
Great Australian Bight
Is West of the Nullarbor Plain
Is South of the Nullarbor Plain
Is East of the Nullarbor Plain
Is North of the Nullarbor Plain
2
Explorer in AAO
James Eyres
James Cook
Christopher Columbus
James Wellington
3
Which movie was NOT filmed in AAO
Harry Potter
Jurasic Park
Lord of the Rings
8 Below
4
What is another name for the Great Artesian Basin?
Great Salt Lake
Central Lowlands
Lake Eyre
Great Well
5
What is Dreamtime?
A plant that causes sleep
Aborigine Spiritual Religion
Nap time in the Outback
Maori Spiritual Religion
6
The water of the Great Artesian Basin is mainly used for? (Choose all that apply)
Irrigation
Livestock
Human Consumption
Nothing, it only exists every 10-20 years and is unreliable
7
Great Dividing Range (click all that apply)
Has the tallest mountain in AAO
Stretches all the way across the South Island
All rivers originate here
Population lives East of Range
is mostly a desert
8
Eucalyptus is native to
Antarctica
Australia
New Zealand
9
The windiest spot in AAO
Outback
Mt. Cook
Nullarbor Plain
Antarctica
10
Nullarbor Plain means
Ocean Valley
Grassy Knoll
Forested Hillside
Treeless Area
11
Australia is located
in the northern hemisphere
on the equator
in the western hemisphere
in the southern hemisphere
12
Know for giant statues
Bora Bora
Tahiti
Fiji
Easter Island
13
Great Artesian Basin is full of
Krill
opals
salt
Minerals
14
What is Bikini Atoll?
Tourist destination in AAO
A nuclear testing site
The ice shelf in Antarctica
The place that invented the bathing suit
15
Miners of this usually live underground
Nickel
Gold
Opal
Uranium
16
Canterbury Plains
New Zealand
Australia
17
The fertile land in New Zealand is mostly used for
Timber
Kiwi
Manuka
Dairy Farms
18
What people were the stolen generation?
Samoan
Tongan
Maori
Aborigines
19
Queen City of New Zealand
Brisbane
Queenstown
Auckland
Wellington
20
Lake Eyre
Is the largest lake in the world
fills every 5 to 10 years
is the lowest point in Australia
is a mineral filled lake
21
Continental Islands
Atolls
Continental Shelf
Small Islands
Many islands
22
Ayers Rock Aboriginal name is
Uluru
Cook
Nullah
Kookaburro
23
What are some of Australia's natural resources?
river, hills, plains
hydroelectricity, nuclear power, timber
coal, iron ore, gold, silver
24
Among the first British settlers of Australia were _________.
the Queen of England
bankers
prisoners and convicts
educators
25
Melanesia
Black Islands
Volcanoes
Many islands
Small Islands
26
Most People in Australia live
near the mountains
in Melborne
on the coast
In the Outback
27
Captain Cook, the explorer that first claimed Australia, was from?
England
France
Holland
Hawaii
28
Micronesia
Small Islands
Many islands
Black Islands
Atolls
29
Monkeys are native to Australia.
True
False
30
Macdonnell Range
Australia
New Zealand
31
Choose all the deserts that make up the Outback
Great Ayers
Great Victoria
Nullabor
Great Barrier Reef
Gibson
Great Sandy
32
Acacia
New Zealand
Australia
Antarctica
33
Which of these can only grow Lichen
Antarctica
New Zealand
Australia
34
Oceania currently has __________ countries.
12
14
10
16
35
A didgeridoo is a
mammal
boat
musical instrument
marsupial
36
Bora Bora
United States
French
Great Britain
Chile
37
Antarctica is owned by
Austrailia
Great Britain
United States
None of the choices
New Zealand
All of the choices
38
Who built 100 foot canoes?
Australians
Kiwi
Polynesians
Indonesians
39
Australia
Chile
French
Great Britain
United States
40
Australia is a continent and also a ....
country
land
city
capital
41
Mt. Cook
New Zealand
Australia
42
High Islands
Many islands
Black Islands
Volcanoes
Small Islands
43
Two most important things in Antarctica
oil and krill
krill and research
fresh water and krill
water and research
44
2 World Heritage Sites
Great Australian Bight
Great Barrier Reef
Uluru
Mt. Cook
45
Fertile land, timber, hydropower, and geothermal
Indochina
Bora Bora
Australia
New Zealand
46
Cape York
New Zealand
Australia
47
The center of Australia is
Marine West Coast
Meditteranean
Rain Forest
Desert
48
The Haka Dance originates from
Antarctica
New Zealand
Easter Island
Australia
49
An island that formed from coral deposited on the top of an underwater volcano.
Australian Island
Low Island
Continental Shelf
High Island
50
Tasmania is a part of Australia.
True
False
51
Hawaii
United States
Chile
Great Britain
French
52
Manuka is
found in New Zealand
found in Tahiti
used for its oils
found in Austrailia
53
What caused people to move to Australia in the 1850's?
Gold
Freedom
Famine
Prison
54
Manuka
Austrailia
New Zealand
Antarctica
All of the choices
55
Australia is a _________.
country of the United Kingdom
member of the British Commonwealth of Nations
member of the Warsaw Pact
member of the European Union
56
Why is the Outback of Australia dry?
The cold weather of the tropics doesn't allow for rainfall.
The Great Dividing Range creates a Rainshadow effect, on the eastern side.
The Great Dividing Range creates a rainshadow effect on the western side.
There are no rivers in Australia
57
Tahiti
Is owned by the British
Is also called Easter Island
Has no Birds or Lizards
Has no snakes
58
What's the capital of Australia?
Cranberry
Melbourne
Canberra
Sydney
59
Polynesia
Volcanoes
Many islands
Small Islands
Atolls
60
Low Islands
Continental Shelf
Many islands
Black Islands
Atolls
61
Warm and cold ocean currents meet in
Great Aretesian Basin
Nullarbor Strait
Great Barrier Reef
Great Austrailian Bight
62
Copra is a term for
coconut meat
Mankua Honey
large fin tuna
vegetable
63
Wattle is made with
Eucalyptus
Acacia
Didgeridoo
None of the above
64
Bauxite is an ingredient in
Uranium
Steel
nuclear power
Nickel
None of the choices
Aluminum
65
Easter Island
Great Britain
Chile
United States
French
66
Murray River
Australia
New Zealand
67
South Island
Mt. Cook
Great Diving Range
Wellington
Uluru
68
Which ocean is between Africa and Australia?
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
69
Which of these religions are most followed in Australia?
Catholic
Other
Angilican
Christianity
70
Australia consists of .....
2 states and 6 territories
6 states and 1 territory
5 states and 6 territories
6 states and 2 territories

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