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Africa/Australia

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________ is the largest country in the region of East Asia.

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Russia

2.

Where is Mt. Fuji located?

a)

China

b)

Chile

c)

Nepal

d)

Japan

3.

____________ has _________ major islands and is located in East Asia.

a)

Indonesia, 4

b)

New Zealand, 2

c)

Japan, 4

d)

Japan, 2

4.

What is the name for a line of rulers from a single family?

a)

shogun

b)

dynasty

c)

blood line

d)

Oligarchy

5.

Who organized non-violent resistance to British rule?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Gandhi

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Nelson Mandela

6.

What country has th elargest population in the world?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Russia

d)

USA

7.

The shift to making clothing overseas has led to _________ production costs and ___________ profits for the clothing companies.

a)

even, higher

b)

higher, lower

c)

inflated, marginal

d)

lower, higher

8.

The _________ allows ____________ to keep their citizens within its borders and isolated from the rest of the world.

a)

QVC, North Korea

b)

DMZ, North Korea

c)

PRC, Japan

d)

DMZ, Vietnam

9.

What is the largest state in Australia?

a)

Queensland

b)

Tasmania

c)

New South Wales

d)

Western Australia

10.

What is the name of the narrow body of water located between Australia and Tasmania?

a)

Strait of Malacca

b)

Bering Strait

c)

Bass Strait

d)

Great Australia Bight

11.

What imaginary line of latitude runs through Australia?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Prime Meridian

12.

What is the world's smallest continent?

a)

North America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Greenland

d)

Australia

13.

What country has two main islands called North and South Island?

a)

Korea

b)

Japan

c)

New Zealand

d)

Malaysia

14.

The _________ Mile Beach is located near Roebuck Bay in _______.

a)

50, New Zealand

b)

80, Australia

c)

80, New Zealand

d)

50, Australia

15.

What ocean is located to the West of Australia?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

16.

What is the term called for an enormous underwater community of marine animals?

a)

atoll

b)

geyser

c)

dominion

d)

coral reef

17.

______________ was the name of the first humans to live in Australia. They were ________________.

a)

refugees, farmers

b)

natives, farmers

c)

aboriginal, hunter/gatherers

d)

aboriginal, farmers

18.

What is the term for a species of wild dog?

a)

bingo

b)

dingo

c)

marsupial

d)

boomerang

19.

What is the term for the most rural and isolated part of the Central Lowlands in Australia?

a)

bush

b)

monolith

c)

aboriginal

d)

outback

20.

Who were the first people to live in New Zealand that were very spiritual and believed all life was connected?

a)

Magori

b)

Aboriginal

c)

Maori

d)

Didgeridoo

21.

True or False: The Aboriginal people of Australia have used music, dance and storytelling to pass along their history and culture to the next generation.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

_________________ is responsible for the creation of many landforms in New Zealnd's North Island.

a)

rainfall

b)

tornados

c)

deforestation

d)

volcanic activity

23.

Australia is nicknamed "the land down under" becasue it is located ___________ the __________.

a)

above the equator

b)

below the prime meridian

c)

below the tropic of cancer

d)

below the equator

24.

_____________ was the _____________ explorer who visited Australia in the 1700's.

a)

Magellan, Portugal

b)

Christopher Columbus, Italian

c)

James Cook, British

d)

Leonardo da Vinci, French

25.

True or False: Rural areas in New Zealand are not isolated (remote) as those in Australia. Farms are built close to each other and near larger towns.

a)

True

b)

False