World geography chapter 22

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Australia is the only inhabited continent with no land bridge to another continent

True

Australia was the last continent to be settled by Europeans

True

The murray river lies in the central lowlands

True

What is the largest state of Australia

Western Australia

The earliest known settlers of Australia were the ____

Aboriginals

State capital of south Australia

Adelaide

Layers of underground rock through which water moves are called

Aquifer

Warm water bubbling to the surface

Artesian wells

New Zealand's largest city

Auckland

The world's largest Monolith

Ayers Rock

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

Botany bay

State capital of Queensland

Brisbane

Australia was the first settled as a ___ colony

British prison

Capital of Australia

Canberra

The low area west of the great dividing range is the _____

Central lowlands

Many consider the _____ the most beautiful building in the world

Sydney opera house

Hobart is the capital of

Tasmania

Koalas gets all of their water and nourishment from what leaves

Eucalyptus

The term aboriginal means "from the outback"

False

The two primary activities of the outback are mining and farming

False

The western plateau is the most fertile area of australia

False

Largest coral formation in the world

Great Barrien Reef

The ___ in the interior Western Australia contains one of the richest iron ore reserves in the world

Hamersley range

Australia's lowest point is located in

Lake eyre

Brown coal is called

Lignite

Latrobe Valley holds the world's largest deposit of

Lignite

First known inhabitants of New Zealand

Maori

State capital of Victoria

Melbourne

New Zealand's highest mountain

Mount cook

Most important water system in Australia

Murray River

Sparsely populated interior of Australia is known as the

Outback

State capital of western Australia

Perth

Australia's youngest state, ____, is called the sunshine state because it's a tropical paradise

Queensland

Jumbucks is the Australian term for

Sheep

the ____ is sometimes called the red center of Australia

Simpson desert

What is Australia's word for ranches

Stations

Australia's largest city

Sydney


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