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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Case Study Australia 1 (Questions)

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Native Australians are Aboriginal. For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians distinguished as either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders.

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1. Which mountain range lies in south-east Australia?
[ ] Australian Alps
[ ] Australian Andes
[ ] Australian Himalayas
[ ] Australian Pennines
2. What is found around Australia's northern coast?
[ ] Desert
[ ] Ice sheets
[ ] Tropical grassland
[ ] Tropical rainforest
3. Which is Australia's only major inland city?
[ ] Brisbane
[ ] Canberra
[ ] Perth
[ ] Sydney
4. Most of Australia's cities grew around what?
[ ] Forests
[ ] Lakes
[ ] Natural harbors
[ ] Volcanoes
5. Australia's native people have what name?
[ ] Aboriginals
[ ] Ainu
[ ] Bruce
[ ] Maoris
6. In the 18th century Britain sent what type of people to Australia?
[ ] Convicts
[ ] Naughty schoolchildren
[ ] Policemen
[ ] Politicians
7. Which region has the highest population density?
[ ] North coast
[ ] North-west coast
[ ] South-east coast
[ ] The center
8. Australia is the world's largest exporter of what?
[ ] Coffee
[ ] Diamonds
[ ] Tin
[ ] Wool
9. Why do very few people live in central Australia?
[ ] It has a desert climate
[ ] It is an earthquake zone
[ ] The shops are expensive
[ ] There are too many poisonous spiders
10. What is mined in the Kimberley region?
[ ] Bauxite
[ ] Coal
[ ] Diamonds
[ ] Iron ore
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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Case Study Australia 1 (Answers)
1. Which mountain range lies in south-east Australia?
[x] Australian Alps
[ ] Australian Andes
[ ] Australian Himalayas
[ ] Australian Pennines
2. What is found around Australia's northern coast?
[ ] Desert
[ ] Ice sheets
[ ] Tropical grassland
[x] Tropical rainforest
A result of the heavy rainfall and high temperatures
3. Which is Australia's only major inland city?
[ ] Brisbane
[x] Canberra
[ ] Perth
[ ] Sydney
4. Most of Australia's cities grew around what?
[ ] Forests
[ ] Lakes
[x] Natural harbors
[ ] Volcanoes
Very important for trade with other countries
5. Australia's native people have what name?
[x] Aboriginals
[ ] Ainu
[ ] Bruce
[ ] Maoris
They probably migrated from Asia approx. 50,000 years ago
6. In the 18th century Britain sent what type of people to Australia?
[x] Convicts
[ ] Naughty schoolchildren
[ ] Policemen
[ ] Politicians
7. Which region has the highest population density?
[ ] North coast
[ ] North-west coast
[x] South-east coast
[ ] The center
8. Australia is the world's largest exporter of what?
[ ] Coffee
[ ] Diamonds
[ ] Tin
[x] Wool
9. Why do very few people live in central Australia?
[x] It has a desert climate
[ ] It is an earthquake zone
[ ] The shops are expensive
[ ] There are too many poisonous spiders
Temperatures can reach 50°C in summer!
10. What is mined in the Kimberley region?
[ ] Bauxite
[ ] Coal
[x] Diamonds
[ ] Iron ore
Kimberley is in the north-west of the country