Australia/Fact File

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Task
  1. Read the Wikipedia entry about AustraliaW-Logo.gif(English).
  2. Then try to answer the multiple-choice quizzes.



A quiz about Australia

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7. The biggest city with 3.8 million inhabitants is

9. What’s the name the English use for Australia?

5. That makes Australia about

3. Most of them live

4. The total size of Australia is

8. Australia’s capital is

1. Mark the Australian flag:

2. How many people live in Australia?

6. How much of Australia’s land is desert?

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2. Great Barrier Reef is about (!1,000 km long.) (!1,500 km long.) (!2,000 km long.)

3. What are Australia’s most important natural resources? (!gold, silver, opal and oil) (!gold, opal, diamonds and tin) (!opal, silver, oil and tin)

9. This area covers about two thirds of Australia. How many people live there?

8. Australia’s flat, hot centre is called

7. What world-famous pet comes from Australia?

4. Who is head of state in Australia?

1. What is the name of the most important natural sight in Australia?

5. Which country is Australia’s closest neighbour?

6. How do the Australians celebrate Christmas?