World geography chapter 22
Australia is the only inhabited continent with no land bridge to another continent
True
Australia was the last continent to be settled by Europeans
True
The murray river lies in the central lowlands
True
What is the largest state of Australia
Western Australia
The earliest known settlers of Australia were the ____
Aboriginals
State capital of south Australia
Adelaide
Layers of underground rock through which water moves are called
Aquifer
Warm water bubbling to the surface
Artesian wells
New Zealand's largest city
Auckland
The world's largest Monolith
Ayers Rock
What harbor became the site of the first English settlement in Australia
Botany bay
State capital of Queensland
Brisbane
Australia was the first settled as a ___ colony
British prison
Capital of Australia
Canberra
The low area west of the great dividing range is the _____
Central lowlands
Many consider the _____ the most beautiful building in the world
Sydney opera house
Hobart is the capital of
Tasmania
Koalas gets all of their water and nourishment from what leaves
Eucalyptus
The term aboriginal means "from the outback"
False
The two primary activities of the outback are mining and farming
False
The western plateau is the most fertile area of australia
False
Largest coral formation in the world
Great Barrien Reef
The ___ in the interior Western Australia contains one of the richest iron ore reserves in the world
Hamersley range
Australia's lowest point is located in
Lake eyre
Brown coal is called
Lignite
Latrobe Valley holds the world's largest deposit of
Lignite
First known inhabitants of New Zealand
Maori
State capital of Victoria
Melbourne
New Zealand's highest mountain
Mount cook
Most important water system in Australia
Murray River
Sparsely populated interior of Australia is known as the
Outback
State capital of western Australia
Perth
Australia's youngest state, ____, is called the sunshine state because it's a tropical paradise
Queensland
Jumbucks is the Australian term for
Sheep
the ____ is sometimes called the red center of Australia
Simpson desert
What is Australia's word for ranches
Stations
Australia's largest city
Sydney
