Cultural Geography Chapter 22

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What is the state capital of South Australia?

Adelaide

What is the world's largest monolith?

Ayers Rock

Australia's lowest point is located in

Lake Eyre

What is sometimes called the Red Center of Australia?

Simpson Desert

Warm water bubbling to the surface is an

artesian well

From what kind of leaves do koalas get all of their water and nourishment?

eucalyptus

Brown coal is called

lignite

Jumbucks is the Australian term for

sheep

What is Australia's word for ranches?

stations

What is Australia's largest city?

Sydney

What is Hobart the capital of?

Tasmania

The most important water system in Australia is

The Murray River

What is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world?

The Sydney Opera House

T or F. Australia is the only inhabited continent with no land bridge to another continent.

True

T or F. Australia was the last continent settles by Europeans.

True

T or F. The Murray River lies in the Central Lowlands.

True

What is the largest state of Australia?

Western Australia

Who were the earliest known settlers of Australia?

aborigines

Layers of underground rock through which water moves are called

aquifers

What is New Zealand's largest city?

Auckland

What harbor became the site of the first English settlement in Australia?

Botany Bay

What is the state capital of Queensland?

Brisbane

What is the capital of Australia?

Canberra

The low area west of the Great Dividing Range is the

Central Lowlands

Describe the work and life of those that live in the Australian Outback

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T or F. The term aboriginal means "from the outback."

False

T or F. The Western Plateau is the most fertile area of Australia.

False.

T or F. The two primary activities of the outback are mining and farming.

False.

The largest coral formation in the world is

Great Barrier Reef

What contains one of the richest iron ore reserves in the world?

Hamersley Range

The first known inhabitants of New Zealand were the

Maori

What is the state capital of Victoria?

Melbourne

What is New Zealand's highest mountain?

Mount Cook

What is the state capital of Western Australia?

Perth

What is Australia's youngest state which is called the Sunshine State because it is a tropical paradise?

Queensland

Latrobe Valley holds the world's largest deposit of

lignite

The sparsely populated interior of Australia is known as the

outback

Australia was first settled as what kind of colony?

prison


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