BJU Grade Nine, Cultural Geography, Chapter 22 test
The earliest known settlers of Australia were the _______________.
Aborigines
What is the capital of South Australia?
Adelaide
What is New Zealand's largest city?
Auckland
_________________ is the world's largest monolith.
Ayers Rock
What harbor became the site of the first English settlement in Australia?
Botany Bay
What is the capital of Queensland?
Brisbane
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
The low area west of the Great Dividing Range is the __________________.
Central Lowlands
The _____________ in the interior of Western Australia contains one of the richest iron ore reserves in the world.
Hamersley Range
Australia's lowest point is located in
Lake Eyre
The first known inhabitants of New Zealand were the
Maori
What is the capital of Victoria?
Melbourne
_______________ is New Zealand's highest mountain.
Mount Cook
The sparsely populated interior of Australia is known as the
Outback
What is the capital of Western Australia?
Perth
Australia's youngest state, ____________, is called the "Sunshine State" because it is a tropical paradise.
Queensland
The _____________ is sometimes called the Red Center of Australia.
Simpson Desert
What is Australia's largest city?
Sydney
Many consider the _________ the most beautiful building in the world.
Sydney Opera House
Hobart is the capital of
Tasmania
What is the largest state of Australia?
Western Australia
Layers of underground rock through which water moves are called
aquafiers
Warm water bubbling to the surface is a(n)
artisian well
Koalas get all their water and nourishment from __ leaves.
eucalyptus
Brown coal is called
lignite
Latrobe Valley holds the world's largest deposit of
lignite
Australia was the first settled as a ____________ colony
prison
Jumbucks is the Australian term for
sheep
What is Australia's word for ranches?
stations
The largest coral formation in the world is
the Great Barrier Reef
The most important water system in Australia is
the Murray River
