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Which describes Australia’s economic system
a) There are few rules for business, and laws are not always enforced.
b) Laws are not always enforced, and businesses have many rules to follow
c) There are few rules for business, and good laws protect property owners.
d) Laws are enforced but judges are easily bribed; the government controls all key businesses.
Which explains why businesses specialize?
a) they can sell more types of goods
b) they can produce goods at a slower pace
c) so workers will not become experts in their jobs
d) to increase productivity, producing more goods in less time
When Australia refused to sell weapons to Yugoslavia, it hoped to help stop the fighting there. This is an example of which trade barrier?
a) embargo
b) exchange
c) quota
d) tariff
A figurehead in Australia government
a) QUeen
b) Prime Minister
c) Governor-General
d) Parliament
An American who wanted to buy goods in Australia would need to trade U.S. dollars for which currency?
a) Euro
b) YEn
c) American Dollar
d) Australian Dollar
Which is an example of investment in human capital?
a) building schools, training workers
b) buildings, equipment
c) computers, disks
d) machines, paper
Which is a likely effect on GDP when a country invests in physical capital?
a) decreases
b) remains the same
c) no impact
d) increases
Which is a major natural resource exported from Australia?
a) peanuts
b) minerals
c) timber
d) soil
Which is a reason entrepreneurs like Australia?
a) Workers have low skills.
b) Courts protect property rights.
c) There is little money to invest.
d) There are many rules from the government.
Who were “the people who were here from the beginning” in Australia?
a) Prisoners
b) English
c) Aborigines
d) French
WHich group formed a large part of Australia’s first colonists?
a) Prisoners
b) army officers
c) traders
d) Chinese
What was the greatest threat to Aborigines after European settlers arrived?
a) guns
b) abandoned mines
c) wild animals
d) diseases
What body of water is located west of Australia?
a) Indian Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Coral Sea
Which hunting weapon helped aboriginal peoples survive in the Australian outback?
a) Rifles
b) boomerang
c) javelin
d) cannon
Which war made the government of Great Britain look to Australia as a penal colony?
a) French and Indian War
b) Civil War
c) American Revolutionary War
d) WWI
What name did Captain James Cook gave to the colony of Australia?
a) Tasmania
b) Western Australia
c) New South Wales
d) Southern Australia
What was the Aborigine religion called?
a) Dreamtime
b) Sleeptime
c) Christianity
d) Islam
Who represents the queen in the Australian Government?
a) Governor-General
b) PRime Minister
c) Parliament
d) Ministry
What is a monolith?
a) Ancient animal
b) a large desert
c) a huge lake
d) a large tip of a massive underground rock
What is the name of the monolith in Australia?
a) Ayers Rock
b) Great Barrier Reef
c) Great Victoria Desert
d) Coral Sea
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