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Australia, Antarctica and Oceania
Australia, Antarctica and Oceania
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Review for Australia Test
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In January in Australia it is ....
summer
winter
spring
fall
2
What is the world's largest living thing?
Great Barrier Reef
Dingo
Croc
Australia Blight
3
Famous Australian!
Steve Irwin
Bear Grills
Wild Krats
Crocodile Dundee
4
What is this called?
Rocky
Australian Alps
Uluru
Ayers Rock
5
T/F --- The world's largest living thing, the Great Barrier Reef, is in New Zealand.
True
False
6
New Zealand and Australia BOTH have this type of GOVERNMENT
Dictatorship
Parliamentary Democracy
Republic
Theocracy
7
What is a "mate" in Australia
friend
girl
koala
8
Great Barrier reef is off the coast of
Tasmania
Wales
North Island
Queensland
9
Flightless bird and also the nickname for someone living in New Zealand
Kiwi
Bird
Maori
Swanie
10
What is a barbie in Australia?
dinner
cute girl
BBQ
friend
11
Prohibits any nation from taking resources from Antarctica
Arctic Treaty
Australia Rules
Ice agreement
Antarctic Treaty
12
New Zealand and Australia were both colonies of
France
US
Spain
Great Britain
13
Australia’s capital city?
Sydney
Canberra
Mattawan
New Wales
14
T/F Australia has the world largest camel population
False
True
15
Original people of New Zealand
Haoi
Maori
Antarctic
Aborginies
16
The Great Wall of Australia is a ...
dog fence
cemetery
DMZ
block sharks
17
T/F - The world's most deadly snakes and spiders live in Australia
True
False
18
What is this region called?
Oceania
New Zealand
Australia
Fijji
19
Australia's favorite
American football
football
soccer
rugby
20
T/F- Antarctica is a cold desert where no humans live permanently.
True
False
21
Australia was once used by the British for
garbage disposal
growing rice
place to put criminals
kangaroo races
22
Rural areas of Australia
desert
outback
Maori
uluru
23
Name this animal from Australia
Kangaroo
Koala
Fawn
Wallaby
24
Antarctica is the world's largest
amusement park
steppe
polar desert
forest
25
Name this Carnivorous marsupial
Wallaby
Tasmanian Devil
Platpus
26
Name of this marsupial in Australia
Koala Bear
Kangaroo
Platpus
Panda
27
T/F Saltwater crocodiles kill hundreds of people each year in Australia and New Zealand
True
False
28
T/F - Australia is the world largest island
True
False
29
What is a common daytime greeting?
Aye!
Gidday!
Aloha!
Ahoy!
30
T/F In Australia - 2/3 people live in the ____________
rural villages
cities
outback
apartments
31
On Jan 26 Australia celebrates its
Steve Irwin's birthday
population of kangaroos
independence from Great Britain
convict past
32
Famous building found in Sydney Australia.
Sharp city
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Soap Opera
33
T/F --Eskimos and polar bears are found in the ARCTIC, NOT the Antarctic.
TRUE
FALSE
34
What is a baby Kangaroo called?
joey
kid
cub
35
Over 98% of Antarctica is covered in ice.
TRUE
FALSE
36
Slang - What is someone who talks too much?
mate
ear basher
ol cheese
chinwag
37
Name given to a famous Australian spread used on sandwiches and in soups.
vegemite
peanut butter
jelly
38
What is the popular nickname for remote parts of Australia?
kiwi
outback
city
39
Name this animal found in Australia
Koala
Wallaby
Flat bill Duck
Platypus
40
Because it experiences such little rain, Antarctica is considered a desert
FALSE
TRUE
41
What is the permanent population of Antarctica?
0
100,000
10,000
1,000
42
What is Australia's 3rd largest predator?
Dingo
Salt Water Croc
Great White Shark
King Cobra
43
T/F 90% unusable for farming or cities in Australia
True
False
44
Most of the land in Australia is ...
steppe
desert
tundra
polar
45
Mammals that carry their young in a pouch
juniper
reptiles
paprsails
marsupials
46
British colonization of Australia is known as a period of ______________.
capitalism
socialism
isolationism
imperialism
47
Many nations have set up research stations in Antarctica to
carry out scientific studies
convert glaciers to water
explore the South Pole
mine minerals
48
Name of original people in Australia
Maori
Mulu
Hanoi
Aborigines
49
T/F ---Antarctica has no countries and no portions of the continent are owned by any country.
FALSE
TRUE
50
What are they called?
hyena
Dingo
Lab
