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Test Description: Practice your knowledge of Australia with the questions.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why are natural resources important for Australia’s economy?
A
There are too many natural resources in Australia for the businesses there to use them.
B
Australians can trade their natural resources to other countries for goods that they want and need.
C
People in Australia have been unable to get to their natural resources in order to trade.
D
Australia has natural resources that are not valuable to other countries.
2) Why must Australians exchange currency in order to trade with other countries?
A
Australian banks need the fees.
B
Businesses in other countries do not use Australian dollars for money.
C
It ensures buyers and sellers are treated fairly.
D
Transporting goods to other countries is expensive.
3) Which natural resource is important to Australia’s economy?
A
iron ore
B
education of workers
C
excellent highways
D
modern factories
4) Which was an effect of British settlement of Australia?
A
Aborigines remained in their homelands and were given honor.
B
Aborigines were elected to representative positions in the colonial government.
C
Thousands of Aborigines died of smallpox and other diseases.
D
The language of the Aborigines became the official language of Australia.
5) Why are most of Australia’s cities on the eastern and southeastern coast of the country?
A
The climate is more tolerable there than anywhere else in Australia.
B
Most cities in Australia are in the middle of the country, not along the coast.
C
The interior of Australia is impenetrable due to the Pyrenees Mountains.
D
The Outback is full of snowy mountains which discourage human habitation.
6) Which of the following is true about the geo-physical feature of Australia called The Great Barrier Reef?
A
Because it is a popular place for surfing and scuba diving, it is an important part of Australia’
B
It is home to many different underwater plants and animals and is made up of the skeletons of tin
C
It is more than 1, 250 miles long and can be seen from outer space.
D
All of these answers are correct
7) Which of the following officials (politicians) do the citizens of Australia directly elect?
A
Member of Parliament
B
Governor-general
C
Prime Minister
D
Monarch
8) Which of the following groups of people decide which products to produce and which services to offer for the economy of Australia?
A
Prime Minister and the Members of the Legislature
B
Governor-general and Monarch
C
Entrepreneurs
D
the Judicial branch
9) Which of the following countries colonized Australia?
A
Vietnam
B
Great Britain
C
Venezuela
D
U.S.A.
10) Hernan Cortes is to Mexico as James Cook is to
A
Australia
B
Maori
C
Ural Mountains
D
Silk Road
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