Cultural Geography Chapter 22 Test

Australia's lowest point is located in A. the Gibson Desert. B. Lake Eyre. C. the Murray River. D. Sydney.

B. Lake Eyre.

Warm water bubbling to the surface is a(n) A. aquifer. B. artesian well. C. bight. D. wattle.

B. artesian well.

Latrobe Valley holds the world's largest deposit of A. gold. B. lignite. C. bauxite. D. oil.

B. lignite. C. bauxite. D. oil.

state capital of Queensland

Brisbane

Layers of underground rock through which water moves are called A. aquifers. B. artesian wells. C. bights. D. geysers

A. aquifers

The earliest known settlers of Australia were the

Aboriginies

. state capital of South Australia

Adelaide

New Zealand's largest city

Auckland

___________________________ Rock is the world's largest monolith.

Ayers

The first known inhabitants of New Zealand were the A. Aborigines. B. Dutch. C. Maori. D. Melanesians.

C. Maori.

Brown coal is called A. aquifer. B. bauxite. C. lignite. D. ore.

C. lignite.

The largest coral formation in the world is A. Ayers Rock. B. the Great Australian Bight. C. the Great Barrier Reef. D. South Island.

C. the Great Barrier Reef.

capital of Australia

Canberra

The low area west of the Great Dividing Range is the _

Central Lowlands

Mount ____________________ is New Zealand's highest mountain.

Cook

What is the largest state of Australia? A. Tasmania B. South Australia C. Northern Territory D. Western Australia

D. Western Australia

The sparsely populated interior of Australia is known as the A. Great Artesian Basin. B. highlands. C. low country. D. outback.

D. outback.

. Jumbucks is the Australian term for A. cattle. B. horses. C. kangaroos. D. sheep.

D. sheep.

The most important water system in Australia is A. the Cook Strait. B. the Great Australian Bight. C. Lake Eyre. D. the Murray River.

D. the Murray River.

True or False - The Western Plateau is the most fertile area of Australia.

False

True or False - The term aboriginal means "from the outback."

False

True or False - The two primary activities of the outback are mining and farming.

False

The ____________________ Range in the interior of Western Australia contains one of the richest iron ore reserves in the world.

Hamersley

True or False - Australia is the only inhabited continent with no land bridge to another continent.

True

True or False - Australia was the last continent to be settled by Europeans.

True

True or False - The Murray River lies in the Central Lowlands.

True

. Australia was first settled as a

prison

The Australian word for ranches is

stations

What harbor became the site of the first English settlement in Australia? A. Botany Bay B. Brisbane C. the Great Australian Bight D. Adelaide

A. Botany Bay

state capital of Victoria

Melbourne

state capital of Western Australia

Perth

Australia's youngest state, ______________ (p. 552) , is called the "Sunshine State" because it is a tropical paradise.

Queensland

The ____________________ Desert Simpson (p. 556) is sometimes called the Red Center of Australia.

Simpson

Australia's largest city

Sydney

Many consider the ____________________ Opera House to be the most beautiful building in the world.

Sydney

Hobart is the capital of

Tasmania

Koalas get all of their water and nourishment from _____________(p. 545) leaves.

eucalyptus