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EMS Australian Geography SS6G11/G12

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Queensland

b)

New South Wales

c)

Australia Capital Territory

d)

Tasmania

2.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Northern Territory

b)

Western Australia

c)

Queensland

d)

South Australia

3.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Australia Capital Territory

b)

New South Wales

c)

Victoria

d)

Tasmania

4.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

South Australia

b)

Victoria

c)

Western Australia

d)

Northern Territory

5.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

New South Wales

b)

Queensland

c)

Tasmania

d)

Victoria

6.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Western Australia

b)

Australia Capital Territory

c)

Tasmania

d)

Victoria

7.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

South Australia

b)

Western Australia

c)

Australia Capital Territory

d)

Queensland

8.
a)

Victoria

b)

Queensland

c)

Australia Capital Territory

d)

Tasmania

9.

What body of water is highlighter blue?

a)

Coral Sea

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Shark Bay

10.

What physical feature is highlighted in red?

a)

Great Victoria Desert

b)

Great Barrier Reef

c)

Great Dividing Range

d)

Ayers Rock/Uluru

11.

Which body of water is circled on the map?

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

12.

Which physical feature is highlighted ?

a)

Great Victoria Desert

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Great Dividing Range

d)

Great Barrier Reef

13.

Which body of water is shown?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

14.

Which physical feature is highlighted in red?

a)

Great Victoria Desert

b)

Great Dividing Range

c)

Ayers Rock/Uluru

d)

Indian Ocean

15.

Which physical feature is pinned in red?

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Uluru

c)

Ayers Rock

d)

Great Victoria Desert

16.
What is the capital of Australia?
a)
Perth
b)
Canberra
c)
Brisbane
d)
Sydney
17.
Australia is surrounded by 
a)
Indian and Atlantic oceans
b)
Atlantic and Pacific oceans
c)
Indian and Pacific oceans
d)
Indian and Antartic oceans
18.
Which is the largest desert in Australia?
a)
Great Victoria
b)
Great Sandy
c)
Simpson
d)
Tanami
19.
What is the name of the world's largest monolith?
a)
Uluru
b)
Koab
c)
Stony
d)
Sturt
20.
What is the world's largest coral reef?
a)
The great barrier
b)
The great reef
c)
The great coral
d)
Arafura
21.

Why do most Australians live along the coast? (you will select more than one answer)

a)

mild temperatures

b)

access to trade with New Zealand

c)

plentiful rainfall

d)

excellent farmland

22.

Which valuable crop have many Australian farmers started growing?

a)

sheep

b)

wheat

c)

passion fruit

d)

apples

23.

Where do most Australians live?

a)

northeast coast

b)

southeast coast

c)

southern coast

d)

northern coast

24.

What are the two main forms of livestock ranches found in the outback?

a)

cattle & sheep

b)

cattle & camel

c)

sheep & camel

d)

sheep & emu

25.

Australia provides more than 50% of the worlds

a)

iron

b)

coal

c)

gold

d)

copper

26.

Which feature of Australia can be described as a monolith?

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Great Barrier Reef

c)

Uluru

d)

Great Victoria Desert

27.

Which of the following are Australia's main trading partners?

a)

China, India, Canada, the United Kingdom

b)

Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Canada

c)

Japan, the United Kingdom, China

d)

China, the United States, India

28.

Which of the following months would be the warmest in Australia?

a)

June

b)

September

c)

December

d)

April

29.

The hot and dry center of Australia is known as the

a)

outback

b)

Great Victoria Desert

c)

Sahara

d)

the place with no water that should not be named

30.

In which body of water is the Great Barrier Reef located?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Coral Sea

d)

Kangaroo Sea

31.

In which body of water is the Great Barrier Reef located?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Coral Sea

d)

Kangaroo Sea

32.

What are Australia's three main energy resources?

a)

coal, petroleum, uranium

b)

coal, petroleum, natural gas

c)

natural gas, coal, uranium

d)

uranium, natural gas, petroleum

33.

Due to Australia's geography as an island nation, which are two of its important industries?

a)

mining and manufacturing

b)

fishing and shipping

c)

banking and finance

34.

Australia and the United States are trade partners. Many goods are shipped back and forth by boat across the _______________

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean