Australia

What physical feature is located at letter B?

• Uluru (Ayer's Rock)

• Australia's Capital

• Great Victoria Desert

• Indian Ocean

What body of water is located at letter C?

• Indian Ocean

• Coral Sea

• Great Barrier Reef

• Atlantic Ocean

What physical feature is southwest of Uluru?

• Coral Sea

• Great Barrier Reef

• Great Victoria Desert

• Australia Capital Territory

Which statement is a true statement about the population distribution of Australia?

• Most Australians live and work on cattle stations because beef is a major export.

• Most Australians live and work in urban areas on the southeastern coast.

• Most Australians live and work in the Outback because the land here is arable.

• Most Australians live and work in rural areas because agriculture is a major industry in Australia.

Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) rises spectacularly above the flat landscape of central Australia like a feature from another planet. Uluru is 1,141 feet high and 5.6 miles around at its base. Incredibly, it also is a monolith—a single stone or rock—the largest on the earth. Uluru’s sandstone changes color depending on the time of day. It is most spectacular at sunset when it may appear deep red. Uluru is sacred to the Aborigines. It is adorned with paintings, and the rock is mentioned in many Aboriginal legends.

• It is made from granite, and it is covered with indigenous artwork.

• It is sacred to the British colonizers that discovered it in the Outback.

• It is the largest monolith on the earth, and it is located in central Australia.

• It is located in Eastern Australian near the Great Dividing Range.

Citizens do not directly elect their head of government, but they do vote for members of the legislative body.

What type of government does Australia have?

• presidential democracy

• parliamentary democracy

• unitary autocratic democracy

• direct democracy

Which action by the Australian government would make its economy less like a mixed economy and more like a pure command economy?

• the decision to allow private businesses to make economic decisions

• the decision to remove trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas

• the decision to let supply and demand set the price of goods

• the decision to nationalize some private businesses to control the economy

What economic system best describes modern day Australia?

• market economy

• mixed economy

• traditional economy

• command economy

What type of trade barrier might the Australian government use, if they wanted to increase the price of imported goods, so that their citizens would be more likely to buy goods produced in Australia?

• blockade

• physical trade barrier

• embargo

• tariff

Why do Australians have to exchange currency in order to trade with other countries?

• Australian banks need the money.

• It makes sure that buyers and sellers are treated fairly.

• Transporting goods to other countries is expensive and time consuming.

• Businesses in other countries use their own currency, not Australian dollars.