Australia Study Guide #1

Locate the physical features #1-7 using this map.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

Great Victoria Desert

Uluru/Ayers Rock

Coral Sea

Great Barrier Reef

Great Dividing Range

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

The lands of the central and south Pacific Ocean including Australia and New Zealand is known as

• Oceania

• South America

• Asia

Australia's original human inhabitants are known as ​ (a)  

• Aborigines
• Australian
• Apache

A hunter-gatherer way of life is known as

• stable

• active

• nomadic

Which explorer claimed Australia for the British?

b

Jacqus Carter

Christopher Columbus

James Cook

Who did Britain send to Australia after they lost the American Revolution?

• Americans

• prisoners

• Aborigines

Which disease decimated the Aboriginal population of Australia?

• measles

• small pox

• flu

Products or services originating in one's own country is known as ​ (a)  

• domestic
• foreign

Which currency is used in Australia?

• peso

• pound

• dollar

• euro