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WorksheetsAustralia, the Pacific and Antarctica
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which country is this?
Australia
New Zealand
Tuvalu
England
Which country is this?
Australia
New Zealand
England
Tuvalu
Which country is this?
Australia
New Zealand
Tuvalu
England
This map shows what part of the world?
the North Atlantic
East Asia
the South Pacific
Western Europe
Tuvalu, New Zealand and Easter Island are all located in...
Asutralia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Fiji, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia are in this area:
Polynesia
Micronesia
Melanesia
Australia
The Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands are here:
Micronesia
Melanesia
Australia
Polynesia
Capital city of Australia?
Sydney
Canberra
Port Moresby
Perth
Capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington
Christchurch
Auckland
Westport
Match the flag to the correct country:
Australia
New Zealand
Tuvalu
This European empire colonized much of the South Pacific in the 1700s/1800s, and the monarch of this country is still the official Head of State in many of these South Pacific countries:
United States of America
the Second French Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain [England]
the German Empire
This is the interior of Australia, ranging from semi-arid to arid. Few people live here:
Siberia
the Outback
the Midwest
Sahara
Who is the current Head of State of Australia, New Zealand, and Tuvalu? This person is the current monarch of the United Kingdom and has been since 2022:
Charles III
Elizabeth II
William the Conqueror
George Washington
Match the indigenous [native] ethnic groups to the correct locations in the South Pacific:
Aboriginals/Aborigines
Australia
Maori
New Zealand
Samoan
Hawaii
What U.S. state has a large Pacific Islander population and its flag has the British Union Jack on it? HINT: Barack Obama was born here.
Texas
Hawaii
Illinois
California
What is this?
Haka
Shaka
Salsa
Red Light/Green Light
The only country in the world that is also a continent is...
China
Australia
New Zealand
Russia
Jason Momoa and Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson are American actors that are both half what?
German
Samoan
Aboriginal
Korean
What is the seventh continent?
Atlantis
Arctic Circle
Antarctica
Pangaea
In 1959 several countries, including the U.S, came together and agreed to not test weapons or radioactive material in Antarctica, as well as no one owns it. This was known as the...
Southron Treaty
Treaty of Ice
Antarctica Treaty
Arctic Protection Act
What country landed on Antarctica first for exploration?
USA
Britain [England]
Germany
Norway
What did the British initially use Australia as when they first colonized it?
A vacation resort for the nobility and wealthy
The personal hunting grounds of the Royal Family
Its use as a faraway prison for British criminals [penal colony]
A prison for French and American soldiers captured in war
Who claimed Australia and New Zealand for the British Empire?
George Washington
Lord Cornwallis
James Cook
Winston Churchill
What European country first discovered and named New Zealand after their province [state] of Zeeland back in Europe?
Britain
Germany
Belgium
the Netherlands
First man to land on and explore Antarctica, he eventually survived and wrote a book about his experiences:
Robert Scott
Johann von Tirpitz
Roald Amundsen
Lewis Clark
This man was the second to land in Antarctica, a British Royal Navy officer, he and his entire expedition tragically perished [died] from a blizzard:
Robert Scott
Lewis Clark
Roald Amundsen
Ragnar Lothbrok
Which Asian nation conquered much of the Pacific and threatened Australia with invasion during World War 2?
People's Republic of China
Nazi Germany
Japanese Empire
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Which of the following is NOT correct about Australia?
It is an island
It is a country
It is a continent
It is connected to Asia
What is the name of the world's largest coral reef system, located off the coast of Australia? [it is being destroyed by global warming]
Caribbean Reef
Amazon Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Red Sea Coral Reef
Australia is part of which two hemispheres?
(a) and (b)
Northern
Western
What is the main language spoken in Australia?
French
Spanish
English
German
Which of these animals is native to Australia?
Lion
Elephant
Kangaroo
Panda
What type of climate is most common in Australia?
Tropical
Desert
Temperate
Polar
