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Australia Map Test 5-12-21

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 3hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter represents the Great Victoria Desert?

(a)  

2.

Which letter represents Ayers Rock/Uluru?

(a)  

3.

Which letter represents the Great Dividing Range?

(a)  

4.

Which letter represents the Great Barrier Reef?

(a)  

5.

Which letter represents the Coral Sea?

(a)  

6.

Which letter represents the Indian Ocean?

(a)  

7.

Which letter represents the Pacific Ocean?

(a)  

8.

Which letter represents the Outback?

(a)  

9.

Where would the Southern Ocean be on this map?

a)

Inside the arch at the top

b)

Below Australia

c)

Above Australia

10.

Ausralia is in _________________________________ hemisphere(s).

a)

South

b)

East

c)

North

d)

West

11.

Australia is...

a)

Country

b)

Countinent

c)

Island

12.

Area (___________ other countries near) is called ____________.

a)

Including

b)

Excluding

13.

Area (___________ other countries near) is called ____________.


Fill in the red blank

(a)  

14.

North-

a)

Pacific O.

b)

Southern O

c)

Coral Sea.

d)

Indian O.

15.

South-

a)

Pacific O.

b)

Southern O

c)

Coral Sea.

d)

Indian O.

16.

North East-

a)

Pacific O.

b)

Southern O

c)

Coral Sea.

d)

Indian O.

17.

(North) West-

a)

Pacific O.

b)

Southern O

c)

Coral Sea.

d)

Indian O.

18.

Closest to-

a)

China

b)

Indonesia

c)

Coral Sea

d)

USA

19.

China & Indonesia are __________ of Australia.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

East

20.

Australia is called ______________.

a)

“Land Down Under”

b)

"Aussies"

c)

"Didgeridoo"

d)

"Land Up Above"

21.

Australia's climate is...

a)

Never too hot

b)

Never too cold

c)

Very, Very Dry

d)

Wet

e)

Very Hot

22.

Word's _____________________ continent.

a)

Smallest

b)

Biggest

c)

Flatest

d)

Bumpyiest

23.

What place recives less rain per year than Australia?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Africa

c)

USA

d)

Canada

24.

Australia is about the size of...

a)

The United States

b)

Georgia

c)

Austin Middle School

d)

Canada

25.

(a)   million people live there, about as many people as in New York.

26.

Cities are mainly on the __ coast.

a)

SE

b)

SW

c)

NE

d)

NW

27.

Canberra is the capital of Australia.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Canberra isn't a planned city.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Great Barrier Reef is in the...

a)

Southern Ocean

b)

Coral Sea

c)

Artic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

30.

Great Barrier Reef:

World's (a)   coral reef.

31.

Great Barrier Reef streches (a)   miles.

32.

The Great Barrier Reef contains the world’s largest collection of _______ and a large variety of ________.

a)

coral

b)

marine life

c)

seaweed

33.

The Great Barrier Reef has the worlds largest living structure.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

A coral reef is a structure formed by the ___________ of small sea animals

a)

skeletons

b)

skin

c)

eyes

d)

feces

35.

The Coral Sea is one of the most ________ areas in the world

a)

pristine

b)

dirty

c)

developed

36.

The great dividing range is Austrailia's ____________ Mountain ranges

a)

longest

b)

shortest

37.

The great dividing range is one of the world's _____________ mountain ranges.

a)

oldest

b)

newest

38.

The great dividing range creates a barrier to the outback.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

The great dividing range and the outback are similar to the Atacama desert and the Andes because...

a)

The rainshadow effect

b)

they are both cold

c)

desert like climate

d)

they're both very wet

40.

The outback is ________ of Australia.

a)

the exterior

b)

the interior

41.

The outback is _________.

a)

wet

b)

dry

c)

humid

d)

cold

42.

The outback is _______.

a)

big

b)

small

c)

medium

43.

The outback is ______.

a)

urban

b)

suburban

c)

rural

44.

The Australian indigenous people are called

a)

aborigines

b)

inuits

c)

eskimos

d)

europeans

45.

The outback is home to the aborigines

a)

true

b)

false

46.

The outback has ...

a)

hot air

b)

dry air

c)

moist air

d)

cold air

47.

The outbacks soil is...

a)

mostly red

b)

mostly orange

c)

mostly brown

d)

mostly tan

48.

The great victoria desert is located...

a)

in southern Australia

b)

in the bottom west side of the outback

c)

in north Australia

d)

in the top east of the outback

49.

The great Victoria desert recieves (a)   in of rain a year

50.

Does it ever snow in the great victoria desert?

a)

yes

b)

no

51.

The great victoria desert is...

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

52.

The great victoria deserts population is the way it is because...

a)

its too hot

b)

its too cold

c)

its too wet

d)

its too dry

53.

Ayers rock is also called....

a)

big rock

b)

little rock

c)

stone gate

d)

uluru

54.

Ayers rock is located...

a)

in the center of Australia

b)

in southern Australia

c)

In northern Australia

55.

Ayers rock is a ...

a)

Monolith

b)

cartolith

c)

mamotholith

56.

Ayers rock is nearly _______ stories tall.

a)

12

b)

23

c)

17

57.

Ayers rock is almost _________ miles wide around the base.

a)

12

b)

6

c)

18

d)

20

58.

Ayers rock has many water holes, caves, and springs.

a)

true

b)

false

59.

What is believed to be sacred by the aborigines?

a)

great victoria desert

b)

the outback

c)

the dividing range

d)

the great barrier reef

e)

Ayers rock