Maps
Identify the physical feature that is consider sacred by the Aboriginals. It was given the name Uluru, but later changed by Europeans.
What is Ayers Rock?
Identify the economic system Australian Aborigines used
Traditional
The Head of State in Australia has a small role with little power. He/she acts as a symbol or figurehead for the country.
Queen Elizabeth II or Monarch
Identify the group of people that arrived 40,000 to 63,000 years before any European. They traveled in groups of 10-20 people.
What are Aboriginals?
Identify the official language and religion in Australia.
English
Christianity
Identify the physical feature that is located on the east side of Australia. It holds most of Australia's water supply and has an abundance of natural resources.
What is the Great Dividing Range?
Describe Australia's economic system.
Mixed
The Prime Minister is elected directly by the Australian people.
(True/False)
False
The Prime Minister is elected by Parliament
Explain how Europeans wiped out half of the indigenous race.
It is estimated that half of the indigenous population was wiped-out. The largest damage they brought were the diseases- SMALLPOX. British guns helped remove the indigenous people away from their lands. They were killed or forced to move.
What are three types of economic systems? Explain each.
•Traditional- based on customs and traditions
•Command- government has control
•Market- buyers/sellers have control
What is the capital of Australia?
Is Australia a continent, country, or Island?
Canberra
All three
Economy where the government makes the economic decisions.
Command
This is one of the main ways the people participate in an democracy.
What is voting?
Voting allows citizens to assert their power over what the government does and what laws they make.
Identify and explain the four economic factors/ factors of production?
•Human Capital-investing in your people (insurance, education, training)
•Capital Goods- anything used to make a product (factories, machines, technology)
•Natural Resources- anything from nature (oil, coal, timber, iron)
•Entrepreneurship- anyone willing to take a risk to start a business
Identify the dry, barren are covers much of southern and western Australia.
What is the Great Victoria Desert?
In a traditional economic system people usually exchange goods or services rather than use money. What is this called?
What is bartering?
Citizens are not allowed to criticize the government. One leader (or party) holds all the power, usually by force.
What is an autocratic government/ dictatorship?
Identify the people who invented the boomerang and explain why.
Aboriginals
To hunt
Explain the difference between a Parliamentary and Presidential Democracy.
Pres- People vote directly for President
Explain how Australia's location and climate impact where people live? CHOOSE 2
A. Few Australians live in central Australia because it receives very little rainfall.
B. Most Australians live on the western coast, due to the subtropical climate and fertile soil.
C. Most Australians live in northern Australia, where it is warm and rainy year round.
D. Most Australians live on the eastern coast, because of mild temperatures and abundant rainfall.
A.
D.
Australia tries to encourage trade with other countries. However, in 1998, Australia imposed a trade barrier with Yugoslavia which banned all trade with that country. Australia banned trade with Yugoslavia because of political reasons. What type of trade barrier bans all trade with another country?
What is an embargo?
In 1901, Australia gained independence from Great Britain and formed a new DEMOCRATIC/AUTOCRATIC form of government.
Democratic
Parliamentary Democracy
Explain the Stolen Generation in Australia and provide an example.
Between 1910-1970, many Aboriginal/Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies. The generations of children removed under these policies became known as the Stolen Generations.
Molly/ Gracie/ Daisy
Describe what is an embargo with an example used in class.
Describe specialization with an example.
Explain what is NAFTA and identify the three countries included in NAFTA.
Embargo- ban on trade (Cuba and the United States)
a particular area which someone concentrates on or is an expert in
North American Free Trade Agreement
-Canada
-Mexico
-United States