Australian History

What is celebrated during Sydney Festival?

• For a weekend, the people of Canberra celebrate the independence of the city
• It's a celebration of art, dance, music and lights that takes place during 3 weeks
• It's a parade with dragons and costumes
• It's how Aborigines celebrate with dances and music the discovery of fire

Who are the Aborigines?

• People from the town of Aborigin
• The indigenous people from Australia
• The fields around Canberra
• An animal similar to the koala bear

What is Uluru?

• It's the largest monolith in the world
• It's an ethnic group from Australia
• It's a type of boomerang
• its the second largest city of Australia

What is the capital city of Australia?

• Madrid
• Canberra
• New Delhi
• Sydney

Why are many of Australia's animals and plants found nowhere else on the Earth?

• because of the country's great distance to and from other large landmasses
• because of the country's closeness to other islands
• because of the landforms
• because of the climate

Australia was colonized by the British, just like Canada and the United States.  As a result, the predominant language in Australia is

• Australian
• Spanish
• English
• Portugese

Why are most of Australia's cities on the eastern and southeastern coast of the country?

• The central part of the country is too wet
• The western coast is thick with tropical rain forest
• The climate is temperate, and there is good rainfall
• Northern Australia is too cold in winter for seaports to stay open

Which was an effect of British settlement of Australia?

• Aborigines remained in their homelands
• Many Aborigines became factory workers in order to survive
• Thousands of Aborigines died of diseases from the Europeans
• Aborigines were elected to positions in the colonial government

Which of the following is an important aspect of Aboriginal culture?

• written language
• belief in Dreamtime
• songs written from the piano
• use of the English language

The large number of early settlers in Australia were

• conquistadors
• missionaries
• pilgrims
• prisoners