QUIZ 1: SYDNEY (Review)
The Commonwealth of Nations is made up of countries that used to be ___________ colonies.
British
San Francisco is "down under".
False
The Atlantic Ocean is between San Francisco and Sydney.
False
Men rushed to move to Sydney in 1851 because ______ was discovered nearby.
Gold
San Francisco is built on a ____________ between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay.
Peninsula
Sydney became a successful colony because of:
Sheep!
Sydney Harbour is the busiest port south of the equator.
True
Sydney is Australia's largest city.
True
Sydney is a very spread-out city.
True
The Golden Gate Bridge crosses the harbor mouth of San Francisco Bay.
True
The beaches near Sydney are protected by nets to keep the sharks away.
True
The first colonists in Sydney almost starved.
True
After the criminals had served their sentences, most of them stayed in Sydney because they could not:
afford to pay for the return trip
The two major landmarks of Sydney are
the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House.