Australia Study Guide #1

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

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

Coral Sea

Uluru/Ayers Rock

Indian Ocean

Great Dividing Range

Great Barrier Reef

Pacific Ocean

Great Victoria Desert

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

Christopher Columbus

James Cook

Jacqus Carter

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