Geography
Economy
Government
History
Vocabulary
100
A major physical feature of Australia which is located along the northeastern coast in the Coral Sea
What is Great Barrier Reef
100
The economic system found in Australia
What is mixed
100
The government system found in Australia
What is Constitutional monarchy
100
Australia was colonized by which country?
What is England
100
A very large stone that is usually tall and narrow
What is monolith
200
Australia's most populated city, located in the state of New South Wales
What is Sydney
200
One way Australia invests in human capital
What is building colleges, making laws to require education up to the age of 18, having a good healthcare system
200
The title given to the leader of the legislature
What is Prime Minister
200
A characteristic of Aborigines
What is mostly wore tribal jewelry in place of clothes, dot paintings were very valuable to them, nomadic, hunting-gathering lifestyle, many different languages between tribes
200
isolated rural country especially in Australia
What is Outback
300
A major physical feature located in the Northern Territiory of Australia
What is Ayers Rock
300
One way Australia invests in capital goods is by
What is building a lot of factories
300
The person who represents the queen in her absence
What is governor general
300
Australia is considered a ________________ of Great Britain because the queen is still considered the Chief of State in Australia, and they still maintain political and economic ties with England.
What is a commonwealth
300
having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
What is temperate
400
The Outback has a ____________________ climate.
What is desert (dry)
400
Australia's main trading partners are
What is China, India, U.S.
400
ONE way Australia and the U.S. governments are the same
What is both have federal systems (power distributed between states and central government) both have bicameral legislatures both have constitutions which deliniate the powers of the central government
400
The language spoken in Australia is
What is English
400
an economic system in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by the government
What is market economy
500
The natural resource that Australia exports MOST is
What is iron ore
500
Australia's main exports include
What is iron ore, wool, etc
500
The difference between the Prime minister of Australia is elected and the way the President of the United States is elected
What is Prime Minister is selected from the parliament and the President is elected directly by the people
500
The main religion practiced in Australia is
What is Christianity (protestant)
500
a member of the original people to live in an area
What is Aborigine