Australian History
What year did the First Fleet land in Sydney?
1788
What is the highest mountain in Australia?
Mt Kosciuszko
What is the capital city of Japan?
Tokyo
Which ancient civilisation built the Pyramids of Giza
Ancient Egypt
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
Who was the bushranger who wore armour and had his last stand at Glenrowan?
Ned Kelly
What is the longest river in Australia?
Murray River
List 2 countries that start with the letter K
Kenya, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Kuwait
What was name of the plague that killed a third of Europe in the Middle Ages?
The Black Death
What is the highest mountain in Japan?
Mount Fuji
What year did Australia federate (become an official country)?
1901
What are the two main rivers of Melbourne?
Yarra and Maribyrnong
What is the capital city of Spain?
Madrid
When do historians think Aboriginal Australians arrived in Australia?
a - 10,000 years ago
b - 60,000 years ago
c - 5000 years ago
d - 600,000 years ago
b - 60,000 years ago
What is the second highest mountain in the world?
K2
List 4 previous Prime Ministers of Australia (not the current one)
Which is the 2nd biggest city in Victoria?
Geelong
List 5 countries that start with the letter M
What years did World War II last?
1939 -1945
List the 7 continents
John Batman founded Melbourne in 1835 by signing a 'treaty' with which Indigenous people?
The Kulin Nation (Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Wathaurrung, Taungurung and Dja DjaWrung)
List all 8 states and territories and their corresponding capital city
TAS - Hobart
VIC - Melbourne
NSW - Sydney
QLD - Brisbane
NT - Darwin
WA - Perth
SA - Adelaide
ACT - Canberra
The countries of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu are located where?
Oceania/ Pacific Ocean
Which war was the Gallipoli Campaign fought?
World War I
List 4 OCEANS (not seas)
Pacific
Southern
Indian
Atlantic
Arctic