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Australia

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are the native (first) people in Australia called?

a)

Aborigines

b)

Indians

c)

Aborges

d)

British

2.

What does "Australia" mean?

a)

Unknown Southern Island

b)

stray dog

c)

New Southern Island

3.

How was Australia first named?

a)

New Hound

b)

New York

c)

New Holland

4.

How is the desert in Australia called?

a)

The Outback

b)

The Uluru

c)

The Back

d)

The Unknown Land

5.

How many oceans does the Australian coastline touch?

a)

3

b)

1

c)

2

6.

What's the capital of Australia?

a)

Canberra

b)

Sidney

c)

Melbourne

7.

What is Uluru?

a)

a mountain

b)

a rock

c)

a mountain range

8.

Why is the Great Barrier Reef special?

a)

It's the biggest coral reef in the world

b)

It's the heaviest riff in the world

c)

it's the only coral reef in the world

9.

How many different languages and dialects are spoken in Australia?

a)

over 200

b)

over 2000

c)

over 120

10.

Australians call the British "POME". What does it mean?

a)

Prisoners of Mother England

b)

Prisons of Mother England

c)

Person of My England

11.

Who is the head of state of Australia?

a)

Queen Elizabeth II

b)

the president of Australia

c)

the prime minister of Australia

12.

Who was the founder of Melbourne?

a)

John Batman

b)

James Spiderman

c)

John Pattman

13.

What's the name of the longest fence in Australia?

a)

The Dingo fence

b)

The Bingo fence

c)

the Aborigine fence

14.

How do children who can't go to school study?

a)

by radio

b)

by mail

c)

all children fo to school

d)

by phone

15.

Why is the Union Jack (the flag of United Kingdom) on the Australian flag?

a)

because Australia used to be a colony of the UK

b)

because Australia is just England with kangaroos

c)

because United Kingdom is their friend

16.

Does it snow in Australia?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

17.

Australia is ...

a)

a country

b)

an island

c)

a continent

18.

Which of these animals live in Australia?

a)

kangaroo

b)

koala

c)

platypus

d)

lion