Australia Study Guide #1

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

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

Great Victoria Desert

Pacific Ocean

Uluru/Ayers Rock

Great Barrier Reef

Great Dividing Range

Indian Ocean

Coral Sea

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

James Cook

Christopher Columbus

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