Sixth Grade History Quiz 4 Unit 1

The American Highlands can be found in:

• Africa
  

• Europe
  

• Antarctica
  

• Asia
  

• North America

The Murray River can be found in:

• South America
  

• Europe
  

• Africa
  

• Australia
  

• Asia

The Great Dividing Range can be found in:

• Asia
  

• South America
  

• Europe
  

• Africa
  

• Australia

The South Pole can be found in:

• South America
  

• Africa
  

• Antarctica
  

• North America
  

• Asia

Two continents that lie completely in the Southern Hemisphere are:

• Africa
  

• Antarctica
  

• Australia
  

• South America
  

• Asia

The interior of Australia is:

• cold and humid
  

• hot and dry
  

• cool and dry
  

• warm and humid

Geologists believe that the very cold continent Antarctica was once part of a tropical land.

• true

• false

The thickness of the --------- of Antarctica averages 6,500 feet (1,982 m).

(a)  

The Tropic of -------------- is the furthest point south where the sun never gets exactly overhead at noon.

(a)  

The interior of Australia is hot and dry because it receives little rain.

• true

• false