Geography
This large rock formation in the middle of Australia is also known as Ayers Rock.
What is Uluru?
This season in Australia happens from December to February and is usually the hottest time of year.
What is summer?
This shiny yellow metal is one of Australia’s most famous mineral resources and was the focus of a rush in the 1850s.
What is gold?
This huge, mostly flat, dry area covers much of central and western Australia and is sometimes called the "Outback."
What is the Australian desert?
This city is the capital of Australia and the place where the national government meets.
What is Canberra?
This Australian city is the capital of the country and is located between Sydney and Melbourne.
What is Canberra?
Because Australia is in this half of the Earth, its seasons are opposite to those in North America.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
Australia exports a lot of this black rock that is burned for energy in power stations and factories.
What is coal?
This long line of mountains and hills runs along Australia’s eastern coast and is the country’s largest mountain range.
What is the Great Dividing Range?
Australia has this type of government, where people elect representatives to make laws, and a king or queen is the head of state.
What is a constitutional monarchy (parliamentary democracy)?
This long, dry line of hills and low mountains on Australia’s eastern side is the country’s largest mountain range.
What is the Great Dividing Range?
Northern Australia has this type of climate, with hot temperatures and a wet and dry season.
What is a tropical climate?
This natural resource, found in underground rocks and under the sea, is used for fuel and making products like plastic. Australia drills for it off its coasts.
What is oil (petroleum)?
This giant sandstone rock in central Australia is one of the country’s most famous landmarks and is sacred to Aboriginal people.
What is Uluru (Ayers Rock)?
This is the name for Australia’s national law making group, which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Parliament of Australia?
This famous coral reef system off Australia’s northeast coast is the largest in the world.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Much of central Australia is very dry and gets little rain, so it has this kind of climate.
What is a desert (arid) climate?
Because much of Australia is dry, this resource, used for drinking, farming, and cities, is very precious and often stored in dams and reservoirs.
What is fresh water?
This important river in southeast Australia flows through New South Wales and forms part of the border with Victoria.
What is the Murray River?
These eight large areas, like New South Wales and Victoria, each have their own governments as part of Australia’s federal system.
What are the states and territories?
This desert in central Australia is named after a color and covers a large, dry area in the middle of the country.
What is the Great Victoria Desert?
On Australia’s east coast, this warm ocean current helps bring moist air and rain to coastal areas like Queensland and New South Wales.
What is the East Australian Current?
This light metal, made from the ore bauxite mined in Australia, is used to build airplanes, cans, and many everyday products.
What is aluminum?
These wide, grassy, treeless plains in central and western Australia are used for cattle and sheep ranching.
What are the Australian grasslands (the plains)?
This written document, which started in 1901, explains how Australia’s government is organized and how powers are shared.
What is the Australian Constitution?