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.