Australia Quiz; a Linguapress free EFL resource

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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AUSTRALIA?
Do this quiz and decide which of the answers is correct in each case. Then read the accompanying article, and check how many of the questions you got right, to see how much you really knew about the land they call "Oz" or "Down Under"

1. When white men first set foot in Australia, the continent

o was unpopulated.

o had been populated by Aborigines for over 20,000 years.

o had been populated by Aborigines for less than 300 years.

2. The first Europeans to discover Australia were:

o Dutch navigators in the 17th century.

o members of Captain Cook's expedition in 1770.

o members of Charles Darwin's scientific expedition.

3. The first European colony was set up:

o by Portugese merchants, in 1706.

o by Captain Cook in 1770.

o as a British penal colony, in 1788.

4. The capital city of Australia is

o Sydney.

o Canberra.

o Melbourne.

5. The Australian head of state is:

o The Prime Minister of Australia.

o The Governor General.

o The Queen.

6. Today, Australia is:

o A republic.

o One of the last British colonies.

o A "commonwealth", and a member of The Commonwealth.

7. Most of the middle of Australia is desert:

o in the nineteenth century, people started using camels to cross it.

o it never rains at the town of Alice Springs, in the middle of this desert.

o but there are plans to flood a large part of it.

8. Australia, which is almost as big as the United States, has a population:

o of under 20 million.

o that is growing by a million a year.

o that is over 99% white.

9. Over 60% of the population of Australia today live:

o in small towns and villages.

o in the state of New South Wales.

o in the six biggest cities.

10. One of Australia's big traditional industries is sheep farming,

o but the first sheep were actually imported by the first settlers.

o based on the "merino" sheep, Australia's only historic breed.

o which is concentrated in the West of the country.

11. Kangaroos

o are today a highly protected species.

o are considered by many Australians to be a pest.

o actually only live in a small section of the Northern Territories.

12. The distance (as the crow flies) between the cities of Perth and Melbourne is:
o about 300 kms.
o about 3000 kms.
o over 4000 kms.

Answers can be found by reading the accompanying article.