Language Features
This is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
The leader of the Australian government, who is chosen by the majority party in the House of Representatives.
What is the Prime Minister?
Ned Kelly was part of this group of outlaws who defied the law in Australia.
Answer: What is the Kelly Gang?
This large arena was built for gladiator battles, with the most famous one being in Rome
What is the Colosseum?
Elements that influence liveability of a place are: Environmental, Social and...... factors?
What is Economic
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The Australian Parliament consists of two houses: the House of Representatives and this upper house.
Answer: What is the Senate?
Ned Kelly’s final stand took place in this small town in Victoria.
What is Glenrowan?
This title was given to the rulers of the Roman Empire, starting with Augustus.
What is an Emperor
In terms of liveability, what do we call a factor that makes people want to leave a place?
What is a push factor
This language feature gives human qualities to non-human things.
Answer: What is personification?
This document, created in 1901, outlines the structure and powers of Australia's government.
What is the Australian Constitution?
What was the name of the letter Ned Kelly wrote to explain his actions and criticize the police.
Answer: What is the Jerilderie Letter?
n Ancient Rome, this type of government, where citizens voted for their leaders, existed before the Roman Empire.
What is a republic?
What do we call a geographical space with a high population density and build environment infrastructure
What is Uban
A phrase that exaggerates to emphasize a point, like "I’ve told you a million times."
What is hyperbole?
The three levels of government in Australia are:
What is: Local, state and federal
Ned Kelly’s famous last words before he was executed were these.
What is "Such is life"?
These 3 conflicts lasted for almost 50 years between the Romans and the Carthaginians
What is the punic wars
What do we call an area that is far away from most cities and places where most people live?
What is remote
This feature in songs often repeats to emphasize a theme or emotion, and is usually the catchiest part of the song.
What is the chorus?
This is the type of government system Australia uses, combining a monarch with a parliamentary system
What is a constitutional monarchy?
This member of the Kelly Gang was Ned Kelly’s younger brother and fought alongside him at Glenrowan.
Who is Dan Kelly?
Hannibal famously used what animals during his second invasion of Italy during the Second Punic war
What is Elephants
The city that was ranked the most liveable in 2023 and 2024
What is Vienna