Cultural Geography Chapter 22
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
Do some research to answer this essay question.
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
