Australia Pages 684-685 (Yellow Text)

Australia is the ________ largest country in the world.

Most Australians speak ​ (a)  

• English
• Aborigine
• French
• German

Wellington is the capital of .

(a)  

• New Zealand
• Australia
• Kiribati
• Tonga

Which sea lies in the grid 15 degrees North, 120 degrees East?

• Philippine Sea

• Coral Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Arctic Sea

Look at the map of Australia on page 686.

What is the desert just above the Great Victoria Desert?

Look at the map of Australia on page 686.

Tasmania is ________ of Australia.

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Northwest

Micronesia actually consists of _________.

• very large islands

• millions of volcanoes

• tiny coral reefs

• very small islands

Polynesia consists mostly of small islands, but also large islands of __________.

• Micronesia

• New Zealand

• Australia

• the Southern Ocean

Polynesia consists mostly of small islands, but also large islands of __________.

• Micronesia

• New Zealand

• Australia

• the Southern Ocean

Look at the map of Australia on page 686.

Name the two rivers in the southeastern part of Australia

• Darling and Murray

• Basin and Coal

• Cincinnati and Missouri

• Nile and Amazon