Australian geography
Australia is made up of ____ states and ____ territories
Australia is made up of 6 states and 2 territories.
Who discovered Australia?
James Cook
What is the name of wild dog typical for Australia?
Dingo
What city is typical for its Opera building that looks like wings of a bird?
Sydney
What do the following words mean? An Aussie, A land down under, A ciggie,
An Australian, Australia, a cigarette
How many people are there in Australia?
About 25 million
What did the continent originally served as?
a colony for prisoners from Europe
What is the herbivorous marsupial (býložravec/vačnatec) that only lives in Australia?
______ bear
Koala
What is the name of the large red stone hill in Central Australia sacred to the native Australian people
Ayers Rock - Uluru
What do we call a flat tool that the native people used for hunting
a boomerang
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
What are the original people called?
Aboriginals
What is the name of a little black carnivorous marsupial (masožravec/vačnatec) that only lives in Tasmania?
What city does every year one of the 4 biggest tennis tournaments take place?
Melbourne
What is Australian national sport? (although not everyone does it:-)
surfing
What colors does the Australian flag have an what is a part of it?
White, blue, red. Union Jack and stars
When did Australia get its COMPLETE independency from UK? (tolerance 20 years)
1986
What is the typical wooded area where snakes,spiders and other animals live?
bush
What is the name of the most famous Sydney beach?
Bondi
How many sheep live in Australia?
(hint - it is 3x more than the number of people)
75 million
Can you name 2 other big cities beside the capital?
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth
What is the name of the association of countries around the world that are historically connected to the British empire?
Commonwealth
What is the name of the forest tree that takes 77% of Australian forest area?
Eucalyptus tree
What is the world's largest coral reef system very near to Australia called?
Můžeš odpovědět česky
Great Barrier Reef
Velký korálový útes
Usain Bolt - the former olympic sprint champion from Jamaica trained with a team on a professional level in Australia for 3 months. What sport was he doing?
football