Australia

What cardinal direction is the Ayer's rock from the Great Barrier Reef?

• west
• east
• southwest
• northeast

What intermediate direction is the Great Victoria Desert from Ayer's rock?

• East
• West
• Northeast
• Southwest

What physical feature keeps rain from entering western Australia?

• Great Barrier reef
• Great Victoria Desert
• Great Sandy Desert
• Great Dividing Range

What environmental concern faces the Great Barrier Reef?

• Air Pollution from the Sydney Opera House
• Deforestation
• Bleaching from global warming
• nuclear radiation

Where do most of the people of Australia live?

• interior
• along the northwestern coasts
• along the southeastern coasts
• in the rainforests of Queensland

What type of stories did aborigines pass down from generation to generation through oral tradition (telling stories)?

• Dreamtime
• Boomerangs
• Bark Art
• Skeleton Art

How were the aborigines impacted by European exploration?

• They died from small pox.
• They were forced to the outback.
• Their children were taken away.
• All of the above

What was Australia used as by the UK?

• A penal colony
• A farming colony
• A military base

• They did not settle Australia.

Why was Australia used as a penal colony for Great Britain?

• The prisons in the UK were overcrowded
• It was a large island big enough to hold many people.
• It was an isolated island that would be hard to escape.
• All of the above

How did the government of the UK convince convicts to stay in Australia?

• They refused to let them return.
• They gave them free land.
• They paid them to stay.
• None of the above