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Year 3 Australia Geography

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the capital City of Australia?
a)
Syndey
b)
Canberra
c)
Brisbane
d)
Cairns
2.
What feature is shown?
a)
The Great Barrier Reef
b)
Coral Sea
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
3.
How many states and territories are there in Australia?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
4.

The capital city of this state is...

a)

Perth

b)

Canberra

c)

Sydney

d)

Adelaide

5.

What is the Capital City of WA?

a)

Perth

b)

Canberra

c)

Sydney

d)

Hobart

6.

What is the Capital City of the Northern Territory

a)

Hobart

b)

Sydney

c)

Queensland

d)

Darwin

7.

Which state has the initials QLD

a)

Tasmania

b)

Western Australia

c)

Queensland

d)

Northern Territory

8.

What state is Adelaide located in?

a)

Victoria

b)

New South Wales

c)

Western Australia

d)

South Australia

9.

The 6 states are...

a)

WA, SA, QLD, VIC, NSW, TAS

b)

WA, SA, PERTH, VIC, ADELAIDE, TAS

c)

VIC, SA, AUS, TAS, CANBERRA, HOBART

d)

TAS, VIC, HOBART, DARWIN

10.

The capital city of this state is...

a)

Canberra

b)

Brisbane

c)

Perth

d)

Hobart

11.

This state is called...

a)

Queensland

b)

Northern Territory

c)

Tasmania

d)

Victoria

12.

This state is called

a)

Austrailan Capital Territory

b)

Queensland

c)

Tasmania

d)

New South Wales

13.

Australia and Oceania are bordered by the ______________ and ______________ Oceans.

a)

Pacific and Atlantic

b)

Indian and Red

c)

Indian and Pacific

d)

Pacific and Antarctic

14.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Queensland

b)

New South Wales

c)

Australia Capital Territory

d)

Tasmania

15.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Northern Territory

b)

Western Australia

c)

Queensland

d)

South Australia

16.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

Australia Capital Territory

b)

New South Wales

c)

Victoria

d)

Tasmania

17.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

New South Wales

b)

Queensland

c)

Tasmania

d)

Victoria

18.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

South Australia

b)

Victoria

c)

Western Australia

d)

Northern Territory

19.

Which state or territory is highlighted?

a)

South Australia

b)

Western Australia

c)

Australia Capital Territory

d)

Queensland

20.

What is the capital city of Queensland?

a)

Melbourne

b)

Brisbane

c)

Gold Coast

d)

Canberra

21.

What is the name of the tool that shows cardinal and intermediate directions?

a)

line of longitude

b)

compass rose

c)

map

d)

key

22.

What is this symbol?

a)

scale

b)

key

c)

compass rose

d)

map

23.

What direction is indicated by the number 6?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

24.
What direction is indicated by the number 2?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
25.
What direction is indicated by the number 1?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
26.

What direction do you need to travel to go from the ferris wheel to the Food Market?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

Northwest

d)

East

27.

What direction do you need to travel to get from the swing set to the food market?

a)

East

b)

North

c)

Southeast

d)

West

28.

The _________________ tells us what the map is about.

a)

map

b)

title

c)

distance

29.

The _________________ explains the varied symbols on a map.

a)

legend

b)

latitude

c)

compass rose

30.

The _________________ helps us know what direction we need to go on a map.

a)

four

b)

compass rose

c)

equator

31.

Where is K'Gari (Worlds largest sand Island) located?

a)

Off the East Coast of Queensland

b)

Off the west coast of Australia

c)

Off the East cost of Tasmania

32.

This symbol best represents

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

K'Gari

c)

Uluru

d)

Sydney Opera House

33.

This symbol best represents

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

K'Gari

c)

Uluru

d)

Sydney Opera House

34.

This symbol best represents

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

K'Gari

c)

Uluru

d)

Sydney Opera House

35.

What is the title of this Map?

(a)  

36.

What is the title of this Map

(a)  

37.

What is the direction of travel starting in Australia and ending in Papua New Guinea?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

38.

What is the direction of travel starting in Tasmania and ending in New Zealand?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

39.

What is the direction of travel starting in Indonesia and ending in Australia?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

40.

Summer months (December, January, February) in Braisbane have...

a)

The most rainfall

b)

The least rainfall

41.

The month of (a)   has the lowest rainfall

42.

Which of these statements best describe the rainfall across the year in Brisbane?

a)

The rainfall is the same across the year

b)

The highest rainfall occurs in summer, over 130mm each month. Winter has the least rainfall under 70 mm each month.

c)

Winter has the most rain and summer has the least rain.