Austrailia
Canberra
After the Soviet Union fell, the most powerful Russian leader
Yeltsin
the 20,000-30,000 islands in the Pacific
Oceania
Australia's most important tree, also known as a gum tree
Eucalyptus
the first man to sail around the Antarctic Circle
Captain James Cook
Industrial center
c
Brussels
G
Romania
Australia's highest peak
Mt. Kosciusko
Karl Marx was the founder of what
Communism
the word that means "small islands"
Micronesia
the early settlers of New Zealand
Maoris
Antarctica's highest peak
Vinson Massif
an area of underground water is called what
artesian basin
D
Amsterdam
D
Ukraine
Australia's longest river flowing year-round
Murray
Stalin was famous for the what
the Great Purge
Papua New Guinea's
Port Moresby
Because Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the ____________
summer
the first man to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent
Charles Wilkes
the famous missionary to the Pacific Islands
John G. Paton
A
Madrid
F
Hungary
the native inhabitants of Australia
Aborigines
Khrushchev threatened to "bury" who
the United States
the word that means "many islands"
Polynesia
New Zealand
Wellington
the most famous Antarctic explorer
Richard Byrd
the highest island peak in the world
Mt. Wilhelm
H
Bern
E
Slovakia
Because Australia is completely below the equator, what is it often called
the Land Down Under
Ivan IV was the first __________ of Russia
czar
the part of Oceania with the most people
Melanesia
Australia is the world's leading producer of __________
the first man to reach the South Pole
Captain James Cook
the largest artesian basin in the world
Great Artesian Basin
E
Copenhagen
A
Russia
the Australian Dog Fence was built to keep wild dogs known as _____away from the sheep
Dingoes
the first leader of a Communist state
Lenin
More languages are spoken here than in any other country in the world
Papua New Guinea
Australia's Central Lowlands and Western Plateau are often called the __________
outback
the migration champion of the world
arctic tern
the longest coral reef in the world
Great Barrier Reef
G
Berlin
B
Poland