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Australian Geography General Knowledge

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Australia?

a)

Sydney

b)

Melbourne

c)

Canberra

d)

Washington

2.

What is the name of the highest mountain in Australia?

a)

Mt Kosciuszko

b)

Mt Australia

c)

Mt Everest

d)

Mt Lofty

3.

What is the population of Australia?

a)

Approximately 50 million

b)

Approximately 25 million

c)

Approximately 5 million

d)

Approximately 2.5 million

4.

Which Australian city has the largest population?

a)

Melbourne

b)

Brisbane

c)

Adelaide

d)

Sydney

5.

Which Australian state or territory capital city is closest to Indonesia?

a)

Darwin

b)

Perth

c)

Hobart

d)

Brisbane

6.

Which ocean is located off the west coast of Australia?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

7.

Where do most Australians live?

a)

northeast coast

b)

southeast coast

c)

southern coast

d)

northern coast

8.

Australia provides more than 50% of the worlds

a)

iron

b)

coal

c)

gold

d)

copper

9.

Which feature of Australia can be described as a monolith?

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Great Barrier Reef

c)

Uluru

d)

Great Victoria Desert

10.

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

11.

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

a)

June

b)

September

c)

December

d)

April

12.

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

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Coral Sea

d)

Kangaroo Sea

13.

Which European discovered Australia?

a)

Captain Cornelius Crunch

b)

Captain Arthur Philip

c)

Captain James Cook

d)

Captain John Smith

14.

What day is Australia Day?

a)

July 4th

b)

December 21st

c)

January 26th

d)

July 21st

15.

Where is the Coral Sea?

a)

North

b)

Northeast

c)

East

d)

Southeast

e)

South

16.
What Australian state is this?
a)
Queensland
b)
New South Wales
c)
Victoria 
d)
Tasmania
17.
What Australian state is this?
a)
Queensland
b)
New South Wales
c)
Victoria 
d)
Tasmania
18.
What Australian state or territory is this?
a)
Western Australia
b)
Northern Territory
c)
South Australia
d)
Victoria
19.
What Australian state or territory is this?
a)
Western Australia
b)
Northern Territory
c)
South Australia
d)
Victoria
20.
What city is represented by the red dot?
a)
Brisbane
b)
Sydney
c)
Melbourne
d)
Hobart
21.
What city is represented by the red dot?
a)
Darwin
b)
Alice Springs
c)
Perth
d)
Adelaide
22.
What city is represented by the red dot?
a)
Darwin
b)
Alice Springs
c)
Perth
d)
Adelaide
23.

What natural feature is represented by the dashed line that the arrow is pointing to?

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

Great Dividing Range

c)

Great Australian Bight

d)

Uluru

24.

What is the capital of Queensland?

a)

Canberra

b)

Adelaide

c)

Melbourne

d)

Brisbane

25.

What is the capital of New South Wales?

a)

Melbourne

b)

Sydney

c)

Canberra

d)

Perth

26.

What is the capital city of Victoria?

a)

Melbourne

b)

Brisbane

c)

Sydney

d)

Perth

27.

What is the capital city of South Australia?

a)

Perth

b)

Sydney

c)

Adelaide

d)

Darwin

28.

What is the capital of Western Australia?

a)

Perth

b)

Melbourne

c)

Adelaide

d)

Brisbane

29.

What is the capital of the Northern Territory?

a)

Melbourne

b)

Brisbane

c)

Darwin

d)

Hobart

30.

What is the capital city of Tasmania?

a)

Perth

b)

Sydney

c)

Darwin

d)

Hobart

31.
What does ACT stand for?
a)
Australian Car Testing
b)
Australian Capital Territory
c)
Australian Capital of Tasmania 
d)
Australian Candy of Tasmania
32.

True or False: The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from space.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The biggest ______ in Australia is the Great Victoria.

a)

lake

b)

desert

34.

Australia is the biggest ______in the world.

a)

island

b)

country

35.

What two animals feature on the Australian coat of arms?

a)

Kangaroo and Koala

b)

Emu and Kangaroo

c)

Platypus and Koala

d)

Koala and Python

36.

What is Australia's floral (flower) emblem?

a)

Eucalyptus

b)

Golden Wattle

c)

Bottlebrush

d)

Kangaroo Paw

37.

What is Australia's animal emblem?

a)

Grey Koala

b)

Brown Echidna

c)

Green Python

d)

Red Kangaroo

38.

What is Australia's bird emblem?

a)

Black Swan

b)

Ibis

c)

Emu

d)

Wedged-tail Eagle

39.

What states does the Great Dividing Range go through?

a)

ACT and NT

b)

TAS and QLD

c)

WA and SA

d)

QLD, NSW, VIC

40.
Australia is the _____ biggest country of the world
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
4th
d)
6th
41.
Australia is surrounded by 
a)
Indian and Atlantic oceans
b)
Atlantic and Pacific oceans
c)
Indian and Pacific oceans
d)
Indian and Antartic oceans
42.

How many states are there in Australia?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

43.

We can see the Opera House in ...

a)

Canberra

b)

Melbourne

c)

Brisbane

d)

Sydney

44.

What is F?

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

Coral Sea

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

45.

What is A?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Coral Sea

c)

Great Barrier Reef

d)

Indian Ocean

46.

What is B?

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Great Victoria Desert

c)

Uluru/Ayers Rock

d)

Great Barrier Reef

47.
a)
Bass Strait
b)
Torres Strait
c)
Strait of Gibraltar
d)
Bering Strait
48.
a)
Coral Sea
b)
Arafura Sea
c)
Timor Sea
d)
Bismarck Sea
49.
a)
Great Barrier Reef
b)
Great Australian Bight
c)
Shark Bay
d)
Eighty Mile Beach
50.
a)
Great Sandy Desert
b)
Gibson Desert
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
None of the Above
51.
a)
Gulf of Carpentaria
b)
Bass Strait
c)
Shark Bay
d)
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
52.
a)
Malaysia
b)
Indonesia
c)
Papua New Guinea
d)
Singapore
53.
a)
Australia
b)
New Zealand
c)
the Philippines
d)
Solomon Islands
54.
a)
Queensland
b)
Northern Territory
c)
Tasmania
d)
Western Australia
55.
a)
Western Australia
b)
South Australia
c)
Victoria
d)
Tasmania
56.
a)
Timor Sea
b)
Arafura Sea
c)
Bass Strait
d)
Coral Sea

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