Australia Review Game

How does the high literacy rate in Australia affect its economy and enhance the standard of living for its

citizens?1. It has no effect2. It increases GDP and decreases

human capital3. It increases human capital, GDP, and

Standard of living4. It decreases GDP but increases

standard of living

3.It increases human capital, GDP, and Standard of living

Gaining more money from taxes and protecting nation’s businesses from other foreign companies is an example of which trade barrier?

1. Quota2. Tariff3. Mountains4. Embargo

2. Tariff

Which “silent weapon” killed many aborigines

1. Contaminated food2. Guns3. Animals4. Disease

4. disease

Why is Asia influential to Australia?

1. The 2 nations trade2. Similar weather features3. Aust. first settlers came from Asia4. Common currency

3. Aust. first settlers came from Asia

All of the following are examples of human capital

EXCEPT:

1. Investing in computers2. Investing in GDP3. Investing in education4. Investing in high-tech jobs

2. Investing in GDP

Plan for energy independence will focus on using sources of energy

we already have here in the Australia including oil & natural gas, wind, and solar . This is an

example of:1. Utilizing nations OWN resources to help

economy2. International trading to stimulate jobs

and the economy3. Utilizing nations resources which will

hurt the economy

1. Utilizing nations OWN resources to help economy

Why did the British send prisoners to Australia

1. Empty plot of land2. Lots of housing3. No where else to put them4. It was a remote island

4 It was a remote island

TRUE or FALSE: Coffee is one of Australia’s main

resource?

1. True

2. False

2. False, TIMBER is the main resource

A remote location, scarcely populated, where there is little

natural resources best describes:

1. Coral Reef2. Coastal Cities3. Outback4. Oceania

3. Outback

Which group of people contributed MOST to the colonization of Australia?

1. doctors2. prisoners3. artists4. Puritans

2. prisoners

Which occupation helps Aust. economy the MOST?

1. Farmers2. Miners3. Entreprenuers4. Factory workers

1. farmers

How did the ice age impact Australia?

1. It offered more fishing to early explorers

2. It provided natives with water and ice cap mountains

3. The low sea levels exposed the land providing a place to live

4. The natives wanted to move from Asia

3 The low sea levels exposed the land providing a place to live

Which major physical feature does the Great

Barrier Reef touch?

1. Indian Ocean2. Darling River3. Oceania4. Coral Sea

4. Coral Sea

Why did the population of Aborigines decrease more

in the 19th century?

1. The kids were being taken2. They were dying of disease3. The tribes were having conflicts4. The British population mixed with

the aborigine population

2. They were dying of disease

Why can’t tourism jobs sustain Aust. Economy?

1. Tourism is seasonal and only happens at certain times in the year

2. Tourism doesn’t attract enough people

3. The places to tour is Aust. are not all that!

4. Tourism is a steady money maker

1. Tourism is seasonal and only happens at certain times in the year

Taking too many fish out of the sea is known as

1. fish depletion2. fish exile3. exfishing4. overfishing

4. overfishing

What is the title of Queen Elizabeth in Aust?

1. Governer2. Head of State3. President4. Prime Minister

2. Head of State

2 houses in the legislature is:

1. Bicameral2. Bilingual3. Bilegislatre4. Bi-casas

1. Bicameral

An entrepreneur is:

1. someone who fails at a business2. someone who succeeds at a business 3. someone who takes a risk to start a

business 4. someone who borrows money

3. someone who takes a risk to start a business

What type of economy does Aust. Have?

1. Market2. Capitalist3. Mixed4. command

3. mixed

Which of the following is an example of investing in

human capital?

1. taxing people2. building universities3. farming corn4. installing telephones

2. building universities

destruction of the Great Barrier Reef, ozone

depletion, global warming are all examples of:

1. Natural resources2. Aust. Use of economic goods3. Challenges for Aust. Farmers4. Concerns for the environment

4 Concerns for the environment

Technology, machines, services, manufacturing, phones are all example of which type of productive

resource/good?1. Natural 2. Capital3. Human4. Capitalism

2. Capital

High-tech job, educated, literacy rate are all examples of which type of productive

resource/good?

1. Natural 2. Capital3. Human4. Capitalism

3. human

True/False, Tea Production is useful in Aust. Economy?

1. True

2. False

2. False! tourism, fishing, and farming are

important for Aust. economy

Tree planting will help…

1. The economy2. The survival of ecosystem3. The aborigine population4. Provide more jobs

2. The survival of ecosystem

All of the following are capital goods EXCETPT:

1. assembly lines2. telephones3. education4. Computers

3. education

Northeast Aust. Several fish and organisms live here, in

the Coral Sea best describes:

1. Great Victoria Desert2. Ayers Rock3. Great Barrier Reef4. Oceania

3 Great Barrier Reef

Northeast Aust. Home to the Great Barrier Reef,

dumps into Pacific Ocean best describes:

1. Great Victoria Desert2. Coral Sea3. Great Barrier Reef4. Oceania

2. Coral Sea

Stretches across central Aust, huge, red boulder

best describes:

1. Great Victoria Desert2. Coral Sea3. Oceania4. Ayers Rock

4. Ayers Rock

located in South and Western

Australia named after British queen Victoria

1. Great Victoria Desert2. Coral Sea3. Oceania4. Ayers Rock

1. Great Victoria Desert