How long ago did the Aborigines arrive in Australia?
What is 40,000 years ago?
100
What year did free settlers begin arriving in Australia?
What is 1793?
100
What year did Australia become independent?
What is 1901?
100
The Great Barrier Reef is in this.
What is the Coral Sea?
100
Name two examples of jobs prisoners sent to Australia from Great Britain had.
What is carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, and farmers?
200
From what continent did the Aborigines travel from to get to Australia?
What is Asia?
200
The first Bristish colonists came to Australia because of....
What is overcrowding in British prisons?
200
What two countries did Australia model its government after?
What is Great Britain and the United States?
200
New South Wales, Tasmainia, and Northern Australia are 3 of these.
What is territories?
200
What type of climate does Australia have?
What is temperate?
300
Today, Aboriginal people make up about what percentage of Australia's population?
What is 1 percent?
300
Who first explored Australia in 1770?
What is Lt. James Cook?
300
What is Australia's government called?
What is a constitutional monarchy?
300
This famous desert was named after an English queen.
What is the Great Victoria Desert?
300
What is the Outback's main industry?
What is mining?
400
What do the Aborigines call Ayers Rock?
What is Uluru?
400
The British decided to colonize Australia for what three important reasons?
What is gave easy access to eastern trade, provided a place to send prisoners from overcrowded English prisons, and a strategic location for the Royal Navy?
400
Who is the Head of State?
What is Queen Elizabeth II?
400
The capital of Australia?
What is Canberra?
400
What is the best month for travelers headed to the beach in Australia?
What is December?
500
(True or False)
The Aborigines believe that long ago, the Earth was thriving with thousands of plants and animals, and that spirits came up from within in the ground and destroyed that, only to arise again later and restore the Earth.
What is false?
500
How many territories/states are in Australia? Name them.
What is 6? What is New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Southern Territory, Northern Territory, and Tasmania?
500
Day to day operations are controlled by whom?
What is the Governer-General?
500
What was the first British colony in Australia?
What is Van Diemen?
500
How many different languages do the Aborigines speak?
If there are 600 clans, how many clans speak the same language?