places
The two houses of Parliament are called ______________________?
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The _____________ were the native people of Australia.
Who are the Aborigines?
This group uses a traditional economy.
What are the aborigines?
Head of State for Australia is _________________.
The monarch of the United Kingdom, King Charles.
Stolen Generation
Who were the aboriginal children removed from their families and adopted or raised by White families?
One of the major industries in Australia is __________.
What is tourism and trade?
_____________ claimed Australia for Great Britain.
Who was Captain James Cook?
The Australian government does not interferes with businesses often, which means that Australia leans heavily towards a
_________________ economy.
What is a free market economy?
He acts as the Head of State for the King of the United Kingdom in Australia ________________.
Who is the Governor General?
Religion of Australia
The Europeans brought their religions to Australia. The main religions are Catholic, Church of England, and Methodist religions. Recently, of religions from Asia have come to Australia (Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist)
There is a large coral reef off the coast of northwest Australia called __________________.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
The ________________ people of Australia are traditionally a nomadic hunters ( moving from place to place).
Who are the aborigines?
Australia trades natural resources for cheap finish products with __________________.
What is China?
All voters over the age of __________ elect their legislative members.
What is citizens 18 and older?
Australia has used trade barriers to protect its industries. They are _________________.
What are tariffs (a tax on a product), embargoes (band on a product), and quotas (limits the number)?
Australia is divided into ______________. Any land that is not part of a state is called a ______________.
What is a state and territory?
The Prime Minister is elected by _______________.
What is the MP's in Parliament?
On a economic continuum Australia is a ___________.
What is a mixed economy?
Australia is a democracy with this type of government ______________.
What is a Commonwealth Parliamentary
There are four reasons Great Britain colonized Australia. They are __________________.
What are relieve over crowded prisons, important place to station its navy, economic opportunity to expand trade, and they did not want their rivals (France/Spain) to start a colony on the continent.
The large dry interior of Australia is called the ___________________.
What is the Outback?
Australia invests in human capital by placing money in ________________________.
What is education and health care system?
The natural resources of Australia are _______________________.
What are coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, uranium, nickel, tungsten , sand, zinc, diamonds, lead, bauxite, oil, and natural gas?
Australia is divided into electorates each of which elects ________ electorate who serves for _______ years.
What is one electorate who serves for 3 years?
Australia money is ______________.
What is an Australian dollar?