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WorksheetsChapter 18 Australia & New Zealand
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Australia is the world's smallest continent.
True
False
A kangaroo is a type of mammal known as a marsupial.
True
False
The Great Barrier Reef is a living coral reef.
True
False
Australia's population is more diverse than the population of New Zealand.
True
False
Australia and New Zealand are located in the Northern Hemisphere.
True
False
Most of Australia has a wet climate.
True
False
Most people in Australia and New Zealand live in the cities and suburbs.
True
False
The New Zealand government agreed to pay for the Maori for lost land and lost fishing rights.
True
False
Australia has only a few natural resources.
True
False
Both Australia and New Zealand have low birthrates and low death rates.
True
False
Which months are Australia's and New Zealand's winter months?
June, July, and August
March, April, and May
December, January, and February
September, October, and November
What makes New Zealand's kiwi different from most other birds?
The kiwi's feathers are of very vivid colors.
The kiwi eats only one type of insect, a beetle.
The kiwi is a flightless bird.
It is the male kiwi that lays the eggs.
Why does Australia depend on underground aquifers for nearly one-third of its water?
Most of the lakes near Australia's cities are salt lakes.
Rain is scanty in much of Australia and there are few large rivers.
No part of Australia receives more than a few inches of rain a year.
Dust storms make the water in reservoirs too muddy to use.
What sort of activity created landforms such as the huge plateau at the center of the North Island of New Zealand?
oxidation
volcanic
erosion
glacial
How has New Zealand's economy changed during the past two decades?
It is now more farm-based and depends on cash crops.
It is now increasingly guided by central directives from the government.
It once was farm-based, but now it depends mostly on tourism.
It was once farm-based, but it is now based increasingly on industry.
How many main islands does New Zealand have?
one
two
three
four
Captain Cook, who explored Australia and New Zealand, was from which country?
Norway
Britain
Holland
Spain
On what concept is the Maori spiritual belief system based?
The Maori are the chosen people.
A happy life depends on forgetting the past.
One who keeps the peace shall be at peace.
All life in the universe is connected.
By what means do many students living in the remote Australian Outback receive their lessons?
by international mail
over the internet
by attending classes once a week
from teachers at nearby schools
Why did the Maori language nearly die out?
The government banned the language in schools.
The tribal elders encouraged people to speak English.
Fewer and fewer Maori spoke the language, even in their homes.
English was a far easier language to speak.
Why were Australia and New Zealand pulled into the two world wars?
They were bound by treaty to help defend the United States.
They were part of the British Empire with close ties to Great Britain.
German forces invaded their countries.
They did not want to be left out of the eventual peace settlement.
One of New Zealand's largest cities
tikanga
sydney
auckland
canberra
landform that makes up half of Australia
western plateau
geothermal
mount sipress
Kirby desert
type of energy produced by extremely hot liquid rock in Earth's upper mantle
plasma
liquid metal
hydroelectric
geothermal
one of Australia's largest cities
auckland
sydney
austin
jersey
traditional Maori customs and traditions
auckland
boomerang
tikanga
kapahaka
Dutch explorer who sailed around Australia in the 1600s
James Cook
Robert Taft
Abel Tasman
Randy Stringer
massive, solid stone such as Ayers Rock (Uluru)
outback
monolith
stone-hinge
river rock
Aboriginal musical instrument that creates a vibrating sound
trumpet
clarinet
saxophone
didgeridoo
British explorer who visited Australia in the 1700s
Abel Tasman
David Livingstone
Jerry Willis
James Cook
the most rural and isolated parts of the Central Lowlands in Australia
outback
backporch
pan
valley
New Zealand became a colony of
the British Empire
the USA
Australia
Dutch explorers
