Chapter 22: Australia and New Zealand
Stockmen
What are Cowboys called?
British Commonwealth
What are N.Z. and Aust. both members off?
Kiwis
What are New Zealanders nicknamed?
Stations
What are ranches called?
Jumbuck
What are sheep called?
Mining and ranching
What are the two basic activities of the outback?
Emu, cassowary, kookaburra
What are three birds that live in Australia?
Ayers Rock
What do the Aborigines consider "sacred"?
"from the beginning"
What doe the term aborigine mean?
Plants; 13,000
What does Australia have a lot of that can only be found there? How many species?
Beef
What does Queensland produce the most of?
Wool and mutton
What else is Australia the leading producer of?
Botany Bay
What harbor became the site of the English settlement in Australia?
Victoria
What is Australia's smallest mainland state?
Queensland
What is Australia's youngest state?
Lake Taupo
What is N.Z. largest lake?
Sunshine state
What is Queensland sometimes called because of its tropical paradise?
Apple isles
What is Tasmania sometimes called?
The great Australian bight
What is south Australia located on?
The Red Center of Australia
What is the Simpson Desert also known as?
Southern Alps
What is the South Island known for?
Meeting place
What is the aborigines meaning of Canberra?
Auckland
What is the biggest city in N.Z. where 80% of the population lives?
Canberra
What is the capital of Australia?
Gold
Australia is the leading producer of what?
One flag
Australia is united under what?
1,250 miles
How long is the Great Barrier Reef?
6, one for each state government
How many governors do the Monarchs approve?
1/4
How much of Australia's population is held in Victoria?
2/3
How much of the western plateau covers Australia?
Sparsely
Is Australia largely or sparsely populated?
It is the smallest continent It is the flattest continent It is the driest inhabited continent Last continent settled by Europeans Unique animals such as koalas, platypuses, and kangaroo
List at least 5 unusual things about Australia
The federal government
The northern territory is administered by what?
Wellington
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Brisbane
What is the capital of Queensland?
Hobart
What is the capital of Tasmania?
Melbourne
What is the capital of Victoria?
Perth
What is the capital of Western Australia?
Sydney
What is the first English settlement in Australia?
Mount Cook
What is the highest point in N.Z.?
Sydney
What is the larger city in Australia and houses the chief manufacturing center and main port of Australia?
Western Australia
What is the largest but most sparsely populated state of Australia?
The Great Barrier Reef
What is the largest coral formation in the world?
Lake Eyre
What is the largest lake in Australia?
Lake Eyre
What is the lowest point in Australia?
Murray river
What is the most important water system in Australia?
Darwin
What is the only city to be attacked by foreigners?
Melbourne
What is the second largest city in Australia?
Outback
What is the sparsely populated interior of Australia known as?
Cassowary
What is the third largest bird in the world?
Ayers rock
What is the worlds largest monolith or freestanding rock?
Penal or prison
What kind of colony was Australia first settled as?
Artesian Well
What makes water bubble to the surface without need of a well or a pump?
Tasmanian devil
What marsupial can only be found in Tasmania?
The great dividing range
What runs parallel to the east coast of Australia?
The central lowlands
What runs west of the great dividing range?
Cook Strait
What separates S. Island from N. Island in N.Z.?
Ostriches and cassowaries
What two birds can attack and kill a human?
South Australia
What was the only state not to be settled by convicts?
The North Island
Which New Zealand island is bigger in population?
The South Island
Which New Zealand island is bigger in size?
Murray
Which river supplies a steady flow of water for farms and pastures in the south?
James Cook
Who was the first European to map the east coast of Australia?
Aborigines
Who were the first inhabitant of Australia?
Maori
Who were the first inhabitants of New Zealand?
The weather influence of the great dividing range
Why are Australia's major cities and industrial areas on the eastern seaboard?
