Australia Quiz

№1
Australia is:
a small country;
the largest country in the world;
the sixth largest country in the world.

№2
A) Australia's area is…
9,4 million sq. km;
7,7 million sq. km;
9,9 million sq. km;
268 700 sq. km;
244 000 sq. km.
B) Which of these figures refer to…
Great Britain;
the USA;
Canada;
New Zealand?

№3
A) Australia's population is…
1) 22,5 million people;
2) 34,2 million people;
3) 62 million people;
4) 310,3 million people;
5) 4,2 million people.
B) Which of these figures refer to…
Great Britain;
the USA;
Canada;
New Zealand?

№4
Aborigines constitute….
a) nearly half;
b) one per cent;
с) five per cent of Australia's population.

№5
The name of this animal is an Aboriginal one for «no water»… a) kangaroo;
b) koala;
с) kookaburra.

№6
A domestic animal which outnumbers people
in Australia…
a) rabbit;
b) cow;
с) cat;
d) rat;
e) sheep.

№7
How many states are there in Australia?
a) 50
b) 6 с) 10

№8
When did the first Europeans reach Australia?
a) in 1606
b) in 1770
с) in 1788

№9
Who claimed New South Wales for Britain?
a) James Cook
b) Abel Tasman
с) William Dampier