Australia 🇦🇺🦘🐨

1. Australia is located between

• 1. the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

• 1. the Pacific and Indian Oceans

• 1. the Arctic and Indian Oceans

• 1. the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

2. What is Cairns especially famous for?

• 2. Its opera house

• 2. Its desert landscape

• 2.  Its connection to the Great Barrier Reef

• 2. Its vineyards

3. Adelaide is nicknamed

• 3.  The City of Churches

• The Sunshine City

• 3. The City of Music

• 3. The Green Capital

4. Which Australian city is considered the “cultural capital”?

• Sydney

• Melbourne

• Perth

• 4.  Brisbane

5. The Great Barrier Reef is so big that it is

• 5. the deepest ocean trench in the world

• 5. located in the desert

• 5. visible from the moon

• 5. the largest coral reef system in the world

6. Which of these places is of great spiritual significance to Aboriginal peoples?

• 6. Bondi Beach

• 6. Brisbane River

• Uluru

• 6. Kakadu Falls

7. Which statement about the seasons in Australia is TRUE?

• 7. They are the same as in Europe.

• 7. They are the opposite of those in Europe.

• 7. Australia has no seasons.

• 7. It only rains in winter.

8. The Outback is best described as

• 8. a tropical rainforest

• 8. an arid or semi-arid region 

• 8. an urban area

• 8. a snowy mountain region

9. About how much of Australia is classified as arid or semi-arid?

• 20%

• 40%

• 70%

• 90%

10. Which Australian animal cools itself by licking its forearms?

• 10. Koala

• 10. Platypus

• 10. Kangaroo

• 10. Wombat