Australian Facts
Australia is made up of ____ states and ____ territories. Extra points if you can name all of them.
Australia is made up of 6 states and 2 territories.
A unique, long musical instrument created and played by many Aborigines
What is the didgeridoo?
Where did the first European colonizers come from
What is England
The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aborigines, who migrated there at least ______ years ago from _____.
40,000 years ago from Asia
Capital of Australia
What is Canberra
This landform has 2 names, what are they?
What is Uluru, Ayers Rock
How many cultures are there in Australia
What is A LOT!!!!! Extra 100 points if you can tell me why
Who is the queen of Australia
Queen Elizabeth II
What is the name of the musical instrument used by aborigines that is played by blowing air through it?
The didgeridoo
Australia is a ______, _______, and a _______.
What is continent, country, and island
Large desert area of Australia.
What is the Outback
What language do they speak in Australia
English
The kind of people sent to Australia from England to begin with
What are criminals?
What is The Dreamtime or The Dreaming in Aboriginal culture?
The stories of the creation of the earth involving many different stories
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
What is northern east coast of Australia, near Queensland
Where is Ayers Rock located?
What is the Northern Territory
What is the Major religion in Australia today?
Christianity
Because of which war was Australia colonized
What is the American Revolution
paintings done by the Aborigines in the form of dots
What is Dot Art
Where is Ayers Rock located?
What is the Northern Territory
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
What is northern east coast of Australia, near Queensland
Native people of Australia
What is an aborigine
Famous British explorer, captain of the ship which officially discovered Australia
Who is James Cook?
Name the flat tool that the aborigines used for hunting.
The boomerang
What Island is a part of Australia
Tasmania