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Term | Definition |
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The name of the famous rock in the Outback | Ayer's Rock |
The largest Desert that makes up the outback | Great Victoria Desert |
The name of the coral reef off the coast of Queensland | Great Barrier reef |
The body of water off the northeast coast of Australia | Coral Sea |
Another word for dry | Arid |
The very large dry area west of the Great Dividing Range | Outback |
The native people of Australia | Aborigines |
Colony were prisoners were the first colonists | Penal Colony |
The main Language of Australia | English |
The main religion of Australia | Christianity |
The amount of people who can read and write | Literacy rate |
The overall well-being of a nation | Standard of living |
Central government has the power | Unitary |
Local government has the power | Confederation |
Central and local government share the power | Federation |
One person controls the whole country | Autocracy |
A small group of people control the country | Oligarchy |
Citizens vote for their leaders | Democracy |
A type of government where the legislature elects the head of government | Parliamentary Democracy |
The title of the head of government In Australia | Prime minister |
The title of the head of state in Australia | Monarch |
A government with a King/Queen with limited powers | Constitutional Monarchy |
The person who represents the Queen in Parliment | Governor General |