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PMM/ECON/Australia Test Review #1
Test Description: Review 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) (R66) Which choice best describes: where (using cardinal/intermediate directions) do most people live in Australia?
A
Mostly along the southeast southwest coasts
B
Mostly in the north
C
Mostly in the center
D
None of These is correct
2) (R66) Why do most of the people in Australia choose to populate certain areas of the continent?
A
Hot Dry Climate
B
To avoid kangaroo attacks
C
Great View
D
Mild Climate easier to grow crops
3) (R67) How do most historians believe the Aborigines came to the continent of Australia?
A
Brought there by Europeans as slaves
B
By flying from southern California
C
By land from east Africa
D
By boat/raft from southeast Asia
4) (R67) What type of economy would the Aborigines have had in place for the 40,000 prior to the arrival of Europeans?
A
None of These
B
Mixed Market
C
Command
D
Traditional
5) (R68) Shortly after the British discover and claim Australia they ___________.
A
sent their military to wipe out the violent Aborigines
B
sent missionaries to try and convert the Aborigines to Christianity
C
sent prisoners to start a penal colony
D
sent slaves to farm the land
6) (R68) Why were the British so interested in colonizing Australia?
A
It could serve as a penal colony
B
It could serve as a strong naval base in the Pacific
C
It made trade with eastern countries easier
D
All of These
7) (R68) Which of the following did NOT negatively impact the Aborigines, after the arrival of Europeans?
A
European diseases killed nearly half of the population
B
Almost half of the Aboriginal population was sold into slavery
C
Many Aborigines were killed fighting with the British
D
Aborigines who survived lived in extreme poverty and lower class status
8) (R69) Australia is an example of a Presidential Democracy.
A
FALSE
B
--
C
--
D
TRUE
9) (R69) Australia has a federal distribution of power, with 6 states and 2 territories.
A
FALSE
B
--
C
TRUE
D
--
10) (R69) The title given to the Head of Government in Australia is “Prime Minister.”
A
FALSE
B
TRUE
C
--
D
--
11) (R69A/B)The citizens of Australia DIRECTLY elect their head of state and head of government.
A
FALSE
B
--
C
TRUE
D
--
12) (R69B) Australia has an autocratic form of government.
A
FALSE
B
--
C
--
D
TRUE
13) (R69) Australia has a confederation distribution of power, with 8 regional governments.
A
--
B
TRUE
C
--
D
FALSE
14) (R69) All of the members of the Australian Parliament (MP’s) are elected by the citizens of the electorate they
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
C
--
D
--
15) (R68) Australia was a colony of Britain/England before it became an independent nation.
A
FALSE
B
TRUE
C
--
D
--
16) (R69) Australian citizens can be fined if they don’t vote, because voting is mandatory for all citizens over age 18.
A
--
B
--
C
FALSE
D
TRUE
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