4-3-2020 Virtual Learning Quiz

The _______________________ were the first Europeans to discover Australia and came in contact with the __________________.

• British / Dutch

• Dutch / Aborigines

• Aborigines / Dutch

• British / Aborigines

Australia is a ___________________________ and a ______________________

• continent

• country

• language

• religion

Australia is in the ______________________ hemisphere and the seasons are flipped.

• southeast

• northwest

• southwest

• northeastern

_______________________ and _____________________ were the first groups of people to be sent by the British to colonize Australia.

• convicts

• criminals

• aborigines

• The Dutch

Most Australians live

• in big cities in the interior of the country

• on islands off the coast of Australia

• in villages in the interior of the country

• in big cities along the coast of the country

What was James Cook's secret mission?

• To find an unknown southern continent

• To help scientists map the transit of Venus

• To defeat the Dutch

• To enslave the Aborigines

What were the reasons the British chose Australia as a place to send convicts and criminals?

• Australia was far away from Europe

• Keep poor people and criminals out of trouble

• The British needed a new place to send criminals after the American Revolution

• The Aborigines invited the British to send criminals

Who were the original inhabitants of Australia?

• The British

• The Dutch

• The Aborigines

• The French

What happened to the Aborigines as a result of European colonization?

• The Aborigines' population increased

• The Aborigines' population decreased

• The Aborigines' population stayed the same

• The Aborigines killed off the Europeans

Australians celebrate Christmas in the

• summer

• fall

• spring

• winter