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Unit 1 Australia
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1Label the Australian States and Territories.
- AWestern Australia
- BNorthern Territory
- CQueensland
- DSouth Australia
- ENew South Wales
- FVictoria
- GTasmania
- HAustralia Capital Territory
2Label the Seas, Oceans, and Bodies of Water around Australia.
- AIndian Ocean
- BGulf of Carpenteria
- CCoral Sea
- DGreat Barrier Reef
- EIndian Ocean
- FGreat Australian Bight
- GBass Straight
- HGreat Barrier Reef
- IPacific Ocean
3Label the Lines and Shapes.
- ATropic of Capricorn
- BMurray River
- CDarling River
- DLake Eyre North
4Label the Geographical Landmarks.
- AGreat Sandy Desert
- BGibson Desert
- CGreat Victoria Desert
- DAyres Rock
- EMt Kosciusko
5Label the cities in Western Australia.
- APerth
6Label the cities in the Northern Territory.
- ADarwin
- BTennant Creek
- CAlice Springs
7Label the cities in Queensland.
- ACairns
- BBrisbane
8Label the cities in New South Wales, Victoria, and Australia Capital Territory.
- ASydney
- BCanberra
- CMelbourne
9Label the cities in South Australia.
- AAdelaide
10Label the places.
- ANew Zealand
- BWellington
- CPacific Ocean
11The capital of Australia, [blank_start]Canberra[blank_end], is located in the state or territory of [blank_start]Australian Capital Territory[blank_end].
- AAustralian Capital Territory
- BCanberra
12The largest state in Australia is [blank_start]Western Australia[blank_end].
- AWestern Australia
13The body of water that lies between [blank_start]Victoria[blank_end] and [blank_start]Tasmania[blank_end] is called the Bass Straight.
- AVictoria
- BTasmania
14The northernmost city in Australia is [blank_start]Darwin[blank_end], which is located in the [blank_start]Northern Territory[blank_end].
- ADarwin
- BNorthern Territory
15The Great Barrier Reef is in the [blank_start]Coral[blank_end] Sea.
- ACoral
16The Murray River forms part of the boundary between the states of [blank_start]New South Wales[blank_end] and [blank_start]Victoria[blank_end].
- ANew South Wales
- BVictoria
17The Tropic of Capricorn passes through [blank_start]3[blank_end] states or territories: [blank_start]Western Australia[blank_end], [blank_start]Northern Territory[blank_end], and [blank_start]Queensland[blank_end].
- A3
- BWestern Australia
- CNorthern Territory
- DQueensland
18Australia's Independence Day is [blank_start]January 1, 1901[blank_end].
- AJanuary 1, 1901
19Australia has its own car company. It's called [blank_start]Holden[blank_end].
- AHolden
20The population of Australia is around [blank_start]23.5[blank_end] million. The largest city in Australia is [blank_start]Sydney[blank_end], with 4.7 million people.
- A23.5
- BSydney
21The official language of Australia is [blank_start]English[blank_end].
- AEnglish
22Captain [blank_start]James Cook[blank_end] of Britain discovered and mapped Australia's [blank_start]east[blank_end] coast in [blank_start]1770[blank_end], when he claimed Australia for [blank_start]Great Britain[blank_end].
- AJames Cook
- Beast
- C1770
- DGreat Britain
23The main industries of Australia are [blank_start]mining[blank_end], [blank_start]industrial[blank_end] and [blank_start]transportation[blank_end] equipment, [blank_start]food[blank_end] processing, [blank_start]chemicals[blank_end], and [blank_start]steel[blank_end] manufacturing.
- Amining
- Bindustrial
- Ctransportation
- Dfood
- Echemicals
- Fsteel
24Most of Australia is:
- Aplateau
- Bcold
- Cdesert
- Dhot
- Eice
- Fforest
- Gplains
25Some of Australia is:
- Awater
- Bforest
- Cice
- Dcold
- Eplains
26These are the animals that Australia is most famous for:
- Awombats
- Bkoalas
- Cplatypus
- Demu
- Ewallaby
- Fkangaroos
- Gkookaburra
27Koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves for food and drink water.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
28Koala bears are scientifically classified as [blank_start]marsupials[blank_end].
- Amarsupials
29When convicts first arrived in Australia, it was an authoritarian society, which is mainly run by the [blank_start]military[blank_end] and has no [blank_start]representative[blank_end] institutions.
- Amilitary
- Brepresentative
30The first convicts arrived in Australia on [blank_start]January[blank_end] 19-20, [blank_start]1788[blank_end]. The British government decided that the [blank_start]convicts[blank_end] should work on the farms to improve the [blank_start]economy[blank_end].
- AJanuary
- B1788
- Cconvicts
- Deconomy
31Great Britain decided to claim the whole Australian continent during 1800-1820 so that these groups would not interfere.
- AAfrican Americans
- BAborigines
- CAmericans
- DBritish
- EGermans
- FFrench
32There [blank_start]weren’t[blank_end] too many harsh conditions: prisoners were assigned [blank_start]jobs[blank_end] and pardons and “[blank_start]tickets[blank_end] of leave” could get people out of jail pretty quickly. In the 1820s, though, convicts who were assigned settlers to work for often weren’t [blank_start]paid anything[blank_end], suggesting [blank_start]slavery[blank_end] was an issue. Some prisoners committed more crimes, and they were taken to [blank_start]secondary[blank_end] penal colonies.
- Aweren’t
- Bjobs
- Ctickets
- Dpaid anything
- Eslavery
- Fsecondary
33Sheep were often used for their [blank_start]meat[blank_end], but mostly for their [blank_start]wool[blank_end].
- Ameat
- Bwool
34[blank_start]Sealing[blank_end] (seal hunting) and [blank_start]whaling[blank_end] (hunting whales for food and oil) were two profitable jobs.
- ASealing
- Bwhaling
35[blank_start]Europeans[blank_end] believed that Aboriginals should die out because they thought that racial [blank_start]superiority[blank_end] was a good idea.
- AEuropeans
- Bsuperiority
36The [blank_start]Coulgardie[blank_end] Gold Rush started in 1892. The [blank_start]Kalgoorie[blank_end] Gold Rush started in [blank_start]1894[blank_end] when people found gold on their way to Coulgardie.
- ACoulgardie
- BKalgoorie
- C1894
37Australia's major trading partners are the [blank_start]United States[blank_end] and [blank_start]Japan[blank_end]. Others include [blank_start]China[blank_end], [blank_start]South[blank_end] Korea, and the [blank_start]European[blank_end] Union.
- AUnited States
- BJapan
- CChina
- DSouth
- EEuropean
38[blank_start]Mining[blank_end] and [blank_start]agriculture[blank_end] are the major exports. Australia is the world's leading producer in [blank_start]wool[blank_end].
- AMining
- Bagriculture
- Cwool
39There are plans to promote investments in [blank_start]infrastructure[blank_end], [blank_start]cyber[blank_end] security, and [blank_start]digital payment[blank_end] platforms. They are also pursuing further regulatory and industrial policy reforms as well as personal [blank_start]income[blank_end] tax cuts. This should drive the economy [blank_start]upward[blank_end].
- Ainfrastructure
- Bcyber
- Cdigital payment
- Dincome
- Eupward
40G'Day - [blank_start]Hello[blank_end]
Bloke - [blank_start]Man[blank_end]
Sheila - [blank_start]Woman[blank_end]
Cozzie - [blank_start]Swimsuit[blank_end]
Aussies - [blank_start]Australians[blank_end]
Fair Dinkum - [blank_start]reliable, genuine[blank_end]
Outback - [blank_start]range or rural land[blank_end]- AHello
- BMan
- CWoman
- DSwimsuit
- EAustralians
- Freliable, genuine
- Grange or rural land
41The most popular and successful sport in Australia is [blank_start]cricket[blank_end]. There are [blank_start]10[blank_end] outs and the game can last from [blank_start]3[blank_end] hours to 5 [blank_start]days[blank_end]. Other popular sports include [blank_start]yacht[blank_end] racing, football/[blank_start]soccer[blank_end], g[blank_start]olf[blank_end], s[blank_start]wimming[blank_end]. Sydney hosted the Olympics in [blank_start]2000[blank_end].
- Acricket
- B10
- C3
- Ddays
- Eyacht
- Fsoccer
- Golf
- Hwimming
- I2000
42The roof on the Sydney Opera House is built to look like the [blank_start]sails[blank_end] on a ship. The House hosts all types of [blank_start]dances[blank_end], plays, [blank_start]operas[blank_end], and [blank_start]music[blank_end] performances. The cost estimate of the House was originally $[blank_start]7[blank_end] million, but it ended up costing $[blank_start]102[blank_end] million. The construction estimate was [blank_start]4[blank_end] years, but it actually took [blank_start]14[blank_end] years. The house was started in [blank_start]1959[blank_end] and took [blank_start]10,000[blank_end] construction workers.
- Asails
- Bdances
- Coperas
- Dmusic
- E7
- F102
- G4
- H14
- I1959
- J10,000
43Australia is a member of the [blank_start]Commonwealth[blank_end] of Nations, SEATO, and the [blank_start]United Nations[blank_end]. Australia and its neighbors have declared that no [blank_start]nuclear weapons[blank_end] are to be tested in their region of the world and Australia states it does not want them. They try to disarm the use of nuclear weapons. Australia tries to stay out of [blank_start]international[blank_end] affairs and [blank_start]politics[blank_end].
- ACommonwealth
- BUnited Nations
- Cnuclear weapons
- Dinternational
- Epolitics
44According to their myths, the animals that created the landscape for the Gagudju were [blank_start]kangaroos[blank_end]. Also, when a specific man was burning, he ran into the water and turned himself into a [blank_start]crocodile[blank_end]. He then turned himself into [blank_start]stone[blank_end] and his bumps on his [blank_start]back[blank_end] formed the landscape.
- Akangaroos
- Bcrocodile
- Cstone
- Dback
45What is the "Dreamtime" for the Gagudju?
- Achildbirth
- Btime of genesis
- Ctime of gratefulness
- Dbirth of the aborigines
- Ewhen animals could turn themselves into humans
- Fthe walkabout
- Ga ceremony that resulted in manhood
- Hwhen people could turn themselves into animals
46When white people came to Australia, they brought [blank_start]diseases[blank_end] that killed many members of the Gagudju. Only a few Gagudju still live in the wilds of [blank_start]Kakadu[blank_end]. The Gagudju used to paint on [blank_start]cave[blank_end] wall, now they paint on [blank_start]tree bark[blank_end]. Since the Gagudji know their environment so well and there are lots of [blank_start]edible[blank_end] plants and animals, the Gagdju only have to spend a couple [blank_start]hours[blank_end] a day looking fo food.
- Adiseases
- BKakadu
- Ccave
- Dtree bark
- Ehours
- Fedible
47The [blank_start]grasslands[blank_end] are burned each year in the season of migrating [blank_start]birds[blank_end] when it's [blank_start]cool[blank_end] outside. They are burned because it will attract [blank_start]kangaroos[blank_end] and [blank_start]hunting[blank_end] will be easy. The purpose of the "[blank_start]song cycles[blank_end]" is to maintain the [blank_start]integrity[blank_end] among themselves and the life force. The Gagudju place the bones of their dead in [blank_start]caves[blank_end] near Injuajua, which is the creator being and the focus of the [blank_start]life force[blank_end].
- Agrasslands
- Bbirds
- Ccool
- Dkangaroos
- Ehunting
- Fsong cycles
- Gintegrity
- Hlife force
- Icaves
48Older aborigines can eat [blank_start]kangaroo[blank_end] meat, but if [blank_start]younger[blank_end] ones eat it, they will have bad [blank_start]dreams[blank_end]. The Gagudju believe [blank_start]darkness[blank_end] is when [blank_start]evil[blank_end] spirits come out of caves and trees and aborigines usually do not go out during this time. Their "signature" is a [blank_start]hand[blank_end] stencil, in which they outline their [blank_start]hand[blank_end].
- Akangaroo
- Bdreams
- Cyounger
- Ddarkness
- Eevil
- Fhand
- Ghand
49The Gagudju is in danger of [blank_start]disappearing[blank_end] because the only humans who know all of the Gagadju [blank_start]rituals[blank_end] are very old.
- Adisappearing
- Brituals
50Everyone with whom one interacted with was called by a [blank_start]kin[blank_end] term and behaviors were expected to be [blank_start]appropriate[blank_end]. People showed [blank_start]respect[blank_end] and [blank_start]deference[blank_end] to kin of the [blank_start]first[blank_end] ascending generation. Kinship terms provided everyone with a [blank_start]guide[blank_end] to behavior and some people break them during [blank_start]disagreements[blank_end]. People who received a wife owed [blank_start]repayment[blank_end]. Infant [blank_start]betrothal[blank_end] was common and usually lead to [blank_start]good[blank_end] marriages. Couples should [blank_start]publicly live[blank_end] together. Girls' marriages were done before [blank_start]puberty[blank_end] and men were [blank_start]older[blank_end] than their wives. Most men had one wife, but some had up to 29 for more [blank_start]food[blank_end]. A husband had more rights over his wife than she had over him, but women were not overly [blank_start]oppressed[blank_end].
- Akin
- Bappropriate
- Crespect
- Ddeference
- Efirst
- Fguide
- Gdisagreements
- Hrepayment
- Ibetrothal
- Jgood
- Kpublicly live
- Lpuberty
- Molder
- Nfood
- Ooppressed
51It is believed that a mythic being may be reincarnated in a [blank_start]child[blank_end]. The most important issue for the aborigines was [blank_start]spiritual heritage[blank_end]. Children learned through [blank_start]observation[blank_end] and [blank_start]participation[blank_end]. Girls collected [blank_start]food[blank_end] and boys were thrown onto their own [blank_start]resources[blank_end]. Killing infants was very [blank_start]rare[blank_end]. Initiation was a symbolic reenactment of [blank_start]death[blank_end]. Women would [blank_start]wail[blank_end], which symbolizes a mythic being who was said to swallow the child and vomit him into a new [blank_start]life[blank_end]. Initiation rituals included [blank_start]sing[blank_end]ing and [blank_start]danc[blank_end]ing and [blank_start]circumsicion[blank_end].
- Achild
- Bspiritual heritage
- Cobservation
- Dparticipation
- Efood
- Fresources
- Grare
- Hdeath
- Iwail
- Jlife
- Ksing
- Ldanc
- Mcircumsicion
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- 9th grade GE World History Quiz am Unit 1 Australia, erstellt von Gretchen Weir am 31/10/2020.
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- Gretchen Weir
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