Vocabulary
Landforms
Man(made)
Islands
Water
100
A large piece of Earth's crust
What is a tectonic plate
100
The giant group of deserts in central Australia
What is the Outback
100
The first people in Australia
What are Aborigines
100
Many islands
What is Polynesia
100
Sea to the northwest of Australia
What is the Timor Sea
200
Type of animal that carries its young in a pouch
What is a marsupial
200
The huge coral structure off the coast of Queensland
What is the Great Barrier Reef
200
The first people of New Zealand
What are Maori
200
Tiny islands
What is Micronesia
200
The sea between Australia and New Zealand
What is the Tasman Sea
300
A type of low island made of nothing but a ring of coral and sand
What is an atoll
300
The tallest mountain in New Zealand
What is Mount Cook
300
The man who claimed Australia for the British
Who is CAPTAIN James Cook
300
The meaning of Melanesia
What is black islands
300
Sea that surrounds the Great Barrier Reef
What is the Coral Sea
400
Type of island formed from underwater mountains and volcanoes
What is a high island
400
The NATIVE name of the giant rock in central Australia
What is Uluru (Ayers Rock)
400
The Dutch sea captain who first came to Australia
Who is Abel Tasman
400
The third smallest country in the world
What is Nauru
400
The river in Australia that is mostly in New South Wales
What is the Darling River
500
A narrow inlet from the sea surrounded by steep cliffs
What is a fiord
500
The tallest mountain in Australia
What is Mount Kosciusko
500
The name of the giant statues on Easter Island
What is Moai
500
Polynesian for "our land"
What is Vanuatu
500
The river that forms the northern border of Victoria
What is the Murray River
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