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Australia and New Zealand

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Australia's largely dry desert land forces a reliance on

a)

mineral resources

b)

trade

c)

tourism

2.

Which sit on the rims of underwater volcanoes?

a)

Atolls

b)

Caldera

c)

Lagoons

3.

Australia's isolation for thousands of years has resulted in

a)

a unique plant and animal life.

b)

a hidden race of super humans.

c)

little life surviving on the continent.

4.

What group walked across exposed continental shelves to get to Australia?

a)

The Maori

b)

The English

c)

The Aborigines

d)

The Dutch

5.

A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh food or water.

a)

Pilgrim

b)

Colonizer

c)

Indigenous person

d)

Nomad

6.

The English used Australia as a penal colony to relieve their overcrowded British prisons.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

After settlement, the English raised sheep for cotton in Australia.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The British found and mined gold in Australia.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Because so much of the land is dry desert, most Australians live

a)

near ocean coasts.

b)

in mountains.

c)

near rivers.

d)

near lakes.

10.

The Stolen Generation of Australia were

a)

Aboriginal children forced to attend English schools and foster homes.

b)

disillusioned American artists.

c)

enslaved Aborigines forced to work on plantations.

11.

Though they faced many hardships after colonization, the Aborigine and Maori were granted full citizenship of Australia and New Zealand in the 1800s.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The colonization of North American natives and Australian and New Zealand natives both resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

conflict.

b)

death.

c)

stolen land.

d)

equal rights.

13.

For the kidnapping in forced schooling of Aboriginal children, what did Australian PM Kevin Rudd do in 2008?

a)

He publicly apologized.

b)

He returned the children to their families.

c)

He resigned.

14.

Australian ranches are huge because

a)

Australia's climate is mostly dry desert.

b)

everything's bigger in Australia.

c)

the animals are bigger.

d)

faming is the leading industry in Australia.

15.

An example of an invasive species to Australia is

a)

the introduction of 24 European rabbits.

b)

the prickly pear.

c)

the large marsupials.

d)

the kangaroo.

16.

Who or what spread most of the invasive species to Australia?

a)

Storms

b)

The English settlers

c)

Climate change

d)

Marsupials