On the Map
Government & Economics
Vocabulary
Those Weird Aussies
CRIKEY..and other words
100
This is the capital city of Australia.
What is Canberra?
100
The Head of State in Australia
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
100
a structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals
What is Coral Reef?
100
Deserts can be found in these two parts of Australia.
What are south and west?
100
This is the official language of Australia.
What is English?
200
This country is located to the east of Australia. 
What is New Zealand?
200
This is the type of government Australia has
What is a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy?
200
a flat, bent, wooden tool used by the aborigines
What is a boomerang?
200
Australians have winter during these months.
June to August.
200
In Australia this word means woman.
What is sheila?
300
This island country is located in the South Pacific.
What is Fiji?
300
One U.S. dollar is equal to this many Australian dollars
What is 1.47?
300
a place settled by convicts or prisoners
What is a penal colony?
300
This marsupial is a great for jumping....or DINNER.
What is a kangaroo?
300
If you're putting in hard yakka, you're doing this.
What is hard work?
400
This desert is located in Western Australia.
What is the Great Sandy Desert?
400
Fill in the blanks: Australia is divided into ____ states, _____ internal territories, and _____ external territories.
What are 6, 3, and 7?
400
areas temporarily placed under control of another nation
What is a trust territory?
400
Due to the colonization of the British, Australia Day is also known as this.
What is "Invasion Day"?
400
I would grill cheeseburgers on one of these in Australia.
What is a barbie?
500
This bay might be more than you ever need...
What is the Bay of Plenty?
500
These are the five major exports of Australia.
What are iron ore, coal, gold, gas, and wheat?
500
mining camps, cattle and sheep ranches in the outback
What is a station?
500
This holiday remembers and commemorates the mistreatment of the Aboriginal people of Australia.
What is National Sorry Day?
500
Yikes! That looks like an itchy bug bite. You must have got it from a......
What is a mozzie?