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Captain Cook/Australia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent did King George III send Captain James Cook to find?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

The Great Southern Continent

d)

Antarctica

2.

British explorer and astronomer who led expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, Antarctica, the Arctic, and around the world. He is credited with discovering Hawaii.

a)

Captain James Cook

b)

Captain James Hook

c)

Captain Blue Beard

d)

Peter Pan

3.

The King of England who sent Cook on his expedition

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

King Richard

c)

King Robin Hood

d)

King George III

4.

The island where Cook observed the orbit of Venus

a)

Hawaii

b)

Tahiti

c)

New Zealand

d)

Rhode Island

5.

The largest coral reef in the world

a)

Bikini Bottom

b)

The Great Barrier Reef

c)

Amazon Reef

d)

Minecraft Reef Biome

6.

The bay that was full of undiscovered plant-life

a)

Botany Bay

b)

Sydney Bay

c)

New South Wales Bay

d)

Tahiti Bay

7.

The first Australian colony settled by convicts and prisoners from Great Britain.

a)

Botany Bay

b)

New Zealand

c)

Jamestown

d)

Sydney

8.

The general named often used to describe the original inhabitants of Australia.

a)

Incas

b)

Aborigines

c)

Abby Rigid Knees

d)

Villagers

9.

Frontier farmers who illegally occupied land owned by others without paying to live there

a)

sitters

b)

miners

c)

shepherds

d)

squatters

10.

The islands discovered by Captain Cook with natives who treated him like a god and then killed him

a)

Tahiti

b)

Hawaii

c)

New Zealand

d)

Sydney