WorksheetsGold in Australia Chapters 7 and 8
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
When did Jupiter Mosman find gold near Townsville?
Christmas Eve 1871
New Year's Day 1996
New Year's Eve 1871
christmas Day 1961
Why did Broad Arrow become a ghost town?
there were no jobs
the gold ran out
it was too violent
there was a drought
What is a labour shortage?
when there aren't enough people to fill the jobs
when there are too many people and not enough jobs
when people earn too much money
when nobody wants to work
What language tool is used in the words ghost town?
alliteration
onomatopoea
simile
metaphor
What is a monument?
a natural landmark
a statue or building created to remember a person or event
a post office
a myth or a legend
What does it mean to thrive?
to wither
to give up
to try but fail
to do well
Where did the government get its money to update Melbourne?
money loaned from other states
profits from the gold rush in Victoria
from the farmers
from the Queen
Why was Melbourne nicknamed "Smellbourne"?
it had a bad odour from the poor sewerage
the people there did not bathe
the governor there had no sense of smell
It smelled of flowers in the spring
Where is Melbourne?
Victoria
Queensland
New South Wales
Tasmania
What two things are contrasted in this chapter?
Melbourne in the gold rush and Melbourne now
Melbourne and London
the city of Melbourne before and after the gold rush
Melbourne and Sydney
the letters 'un' in the word unprepared are known as what?
the prefix
the suffix
a contraction
a metaphor
Which word is the antonym of inferior?
exterior
inferno
interior
superior
