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Australia lies between which oceans?
a) Atlantic and Pacific
b) Indian and Pacific
c) Arctic and Pacific
d) Southern and Pacific
What is the name of the world's largest reef?
a) Great Barrier Reef
b) Big Coral Reef
c) Giant Tropical Reef
d) Oceanic Ridge
What is Australia's most famous natural landmark?
a) Great Victoria Desert
b) Great Barrier Reef
c) Rock City
d) Ayers Rock
An Australian natural resource is
a) coal
b) diamonds
c) olive trees
d) all of the above
On which continent is Australia located?
a) Asia
b) North America
c) Australia
d) Europe
One of Australia's major trading partners is
a) Cuba
b) China
c) Colombia
d) Canada
What is the name of Australia's indigenous inhabitants?
a) Indians
b) Natives
c) Aborigines
d) Originals
What is the main religion in Australia?
a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Hinduism
d) Judaism
What language do Australians speak?
a) Australian
b) Aborigine
c) French
d) English
Why is Australia's literacy rate so high?
a) the country has good schools
b) the country has lots of money
c) the country has natural resources
d) the country has a large population
What type of government does Australia have?
a) dictatorship
b) congressional republic
c) federal parliamentary democracy
d) communist
Who is the most powerful person in Australian government?
a) senator
b) queen
c) chancellor
d) prime minister
When did Australia establish mandatory voting?
a) 1997
b) 1956
c) 1924
d) 1932
What product comes from Australia's sheep?
a) steel
b) wool
c) paint
d) none of the above
What restricts the amount of a product that can be imported?
a) tariff
b) trade embargo
c) limitation
d) quota
What type of currency does Australia use?
a) dollar
b) yen
c) pound
d) euro
What was Britain's most important use for Australia?
a) as a base for the Royal Navy
b) as access to trade with the East
c) as new land to colonize
d) as a penal colony
What was the first colony in Australia?
a) New England
b) New South Wales
c) New Australia
d) New United Kingdom
What was one of Australia's four main colonies in 1864?
a) Van Diemen's Island
b) Western Australia
c) New South Wales
d) All of the above
What group fought against British colonists in Australia?
a) Dutch
b) Chinese
c) Aborigines
d) Americans
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