24-25 Australia Quiz

1. Which country celebrates Christmas during the summer because it is in the southern hemisphere?

• Japan
• Australia
• Kenya
• Greece

2. Australians wear two main types of clothing: bushwear and beachwear. Why?

• they like to go camping and go to the beach
• the weather is warm
• most of the country is coastal areas or the Outback
• they have so many beaches

3. There are five major types of biomes in Australia: aquatic (freshwater and marine), grassland, forest (tropical rainforest and temperate rainforest), desert, and tundra (taiga). Most of these biomes are small but about 70% of Australia is an arid _________________.

• desert
• grasslands
• rainforest
• mountains

4. This large arid section of Australia is called _____________.

• The Outback
• Queensland
• Sahara Desert
• Canberra

5. What land formation is this? It is not a mountain. Called Ayers Rock by the English, it is a massive sandstone rock in the heart of the Outback. It is sacred to the Aborigines.

• Great Barrier Reef
• Mt. Kilimanjaro
• Uluru
• The Sphinx

6. What kind of a map is this?

• physical map
• political map
• climate map
• population map

7. Which is a map of Australia?

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8. The language we speak is part of our culture. Most Australians speak__________________.

• Spanish
• English
• Australian
• German

9. What city is this famous Australian landmark located in?

• Canberra
• Sydney
• Perth
• Washington

10. This is a population density map of Australia? Where do most Australians live?

• in the mountains
• in the Outback
• along the coast
• on Tasmania