Unit 8 Review

Use this map below to answer the following question: What geographic feature is labeled numeral III?

• The English Channel

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Great Barrier Reef

• The Great Dividing Range

Use this map below to answer the following question: What body of water is labeled numeral I?

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Caribbean Sea

• The Indian Ocean

• The Coral Sea

Use this map below to answer the question: Which geographic feature's location is labeled letter Z?

• Denali

• The Great Victoria Desert

• The Great Dividing Range

• Uluru

Use this map below to answer the question: In which body of water is the Great Barrier Reef located?

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Indian Ocean

• The Coral Sea

Look at the graph. Then answer the question that follows.

Based on this graph, which of the following is true?

• Australia is a major source of coal for the rest of the world.

• Most of the coal used in Australia is from Colombia.

• Most of Australia's coal is exported to Indonesia

• Australians use more coal than consumers in most other countries.

Very few people live in the Australian Outback because it has ...

• Many wetlands and poor soil.

• Dense rain forests and high humidity.

• A rugged and mountainous terrain.

• High temperatures and little rain.

Which of the following attracted many people to move to Australia in the mid-1800s?

• Jobs at penal colonies

• Cheap farmland

• The discovery of oil

• A gold rush

The majority of Australia's international trading partners are located in

• Europe.

• Africa.

• Asia.

• The Americas.

Bartering is a characteristic of traditional economies. What is bartering?

• Producing only what is needed

• The use of currency to purchase goods

• Exchanging one good for another

• The regulation of trade by the government

What are the answers to the basic economic questions based on in a market economy?

• The interests of the government

• The availability of trading partners

• The customs of older generations

• The forces of supply and demand