World War I
This major battle in 1916 is remembered for its high number of casualties.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
The ocean on the west side of Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
Australia’s Parliament has two houses. These are called the House of Representatives and the ____.
What is the Senate?
This term refers to the total value of goods and services produced by a country.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
This year marked the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia, starting British settlement.
What is 1788?
This document supported the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
The climate zone that gets little rainfall and has hot temperatures.
What is a desert?
This political party in Australia is known for its focus on workers' rights.
What is the Australian Labor Party?
This is where people buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other investment
What is the stock market?
This was the name of Australia’s first colony.
What is New South Wales?
This treaty ended World War I and punished Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The cycle where water moves through the atmosphere and land.
What is the water cycle?
The rights people are given in a democracy, like freedom and equality
What are human rights?
The government uses this measure to see how much prices have increased.
What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
Australia became a nation in this year.
What is 1901?
This country joined the Allies in World War I in 1917.
What is the United States?
This dry region of Australia is home to unique animals and plants.
What is the Outback?
In a democracy, people choose their leaders by doing this.
What is voting?
When there is not enough of something for everyone who wants it, it is called a ____.
What is a shortage?
This 1972 protest helped raise awareness of Indigenous Australian rights.
What is the Aboriginal Tent Embassy?
This vehicle was used in World War I to break through enemy lines.
What is a tank?
The world’s biggest ocean located between Australia and the Americas.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This principle ensures that different branches of government cannot control everything
What is the separation of powers?
The total money the government owes to others is called its ____.
What is national debt?
This major battle in World War I involved Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
What is the Gallipoli campaign?