Australia Study Guide

Which of these is a country surrounded by water on all sides?

• Australia

• Bolivia

• Hawaii

• Italy

Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship are

• The basis of employment

• The results of production

• Factors of production

• Results of supply and demand

Choose all of the following that are part of a Market Economy.

• Doing things the way they always did.

• Adjusts to changes in the market place.

• Producers/Consumers control economy

• Government is in charge

Why do people in Australia live more on the coast?

• There is low-density housing

• They like fish

• Employment opportunities are better on the coast

• Living on the coast is less costly

The government of Australia and the United Kingdom both have this person as the head of state.

• Governor

• President

• Queen

• Tzar

What does "compulsory voting" mean?

• All citizens are required to vote

• Voting for President is not allowed

• Citizens may choose whether or not to vote

• Citizens can only vote for one of two parties

In a federal system, the power is

• Centered in the country's state governments

• Centered in the country's national governments

• Divided between Australia and the United Kingdom

• Divided between the national and state governments

Australia's interior contains very few population centers. What BEST explains this?

• Mountain ranges seal it off from the southern population centers

• There are few ways to access the central part of the country

• The climate is too harsh to support large cities

• Many inhabitable swamps dominate the geography

Most of the British settlers who landed in Australia in 1788 were

• soldiers

• prisoners

• gold seekers

• religious pilgrims

Many of the early settlers would MOST likely have been

• Engaging in the African slave trade

• Trying to spread the Christian faith

• Forced into jobs involving physical labor

• Establishing large agricultural plantations