7th grade Geo. ch.19 Word Scramble

Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

Normal Size Small Size show me how

Question	Answer
The capital of Australia	Canberra
It is NOT connected to Australia by a narrow land bridge	New Zealand
Most of the Great Barrier Reef is a	National Park
The Australian contient is all the following EXCEPT? Newest, flattest, smallest, lowest	Newest continent
New Zealand's government has	a prime minister and a elected parliment
The population of New Zealnad does NOT include	The refugees from Cuba
Mines in Australia's outback produce all of the following EXCEPT? bauxite, gold, iron ore, copper	Copper
New Zealand's largest city and Seaport	Auckland
Seasons in Australia are	Reverse from those north of the equator
Two of the best kow native Australian animals are	Koala and Kangaroo
Some coastal area in Australia's south and southwest	Have a Mediterranean cliamte
Most of New Zeland's agriculture and industries are located	on the North Island
Australia is NOT	a major grower of tea and coffee
New Zealand is	A member of the British Commonwealth of Nations
Australia's energy sources do NOT include	geothermal energy
More than 90% of Australians have	British or other European backgrounds
New Zealanders are sometimes called	Kiwis
Approximately 85% of Australians live	in and around cities
What is New Zealand's climate	Marine west coast
More than half of New Zealand is covered by	Pastures
Many of the British setterlers of Australia were from	Prisons
What happened after Australia achieved independance	It became part of the British Commonwealth of Nations
The majority of Australians are	Christians
How did the British unintentionally kill many Aborigines	Disease
Whish does NOT apply to Austrailia's government	a ruling council of Brish and Aborigines leaders
Both NZ and AUST are former colonies of	Great Britian
is the most common tree in Australia	Eucalyptus
includes three major volcanic peaks that are separated by a volcanic plateau	North Island in New zealand
were the first humans to live in Australia	Aborigines
When it is winter in the United States, it is what in Australia	summer
New Zealand was once covered	forests
Most of Austrialia's climate is	steppe and dry desert
Deer and trout are two of many species that are not endemic to	New Zealand
The majority of Australia's mineral resources are located in the	Outback
A giant, flighless bird that was the main source of food for NZ early settlers	Moa
Austrialia is the ONLY country that is also a	Continent
Most common language spoken in New Zealand	English
is called the "Land Down Under" because it is south of the equator	Australia
are two of the many gemstones found in Australia	Diamonds and opals
Largest coral reef in the world (in Australia)	Great Barrier Reef
About 3/4 of New Zealaners and most of the Maori live on the	North Island
Material created by the skeletons of tiny sea animals	Limestone
Australia's largest source of underground water	Great Artisian Basin
Extends along Austrial's eastern coast	Great Dividing Range
British game that is similar to footballand soccer	rugby
Desendants of NZ's original settlers	Maori
Placea where water rises toward Earth's surface without pumping	Artesian wells
Australia's only major river system	Murray-Darling
Australia's lighly populated wilderness areas	Bush
Treeless area that stretches along the southern edge of the Western Plateau	Nullarbor Plain
Limestone ridges found in warm, tropical waters close to shore	Coral Reef
Inland region of Australia	outback
Flightless bird with hairlike feathers	Kiwi
Plants and animals that have developed in one particular region of the world	Endemic Species
Animals that carry their young in pouches	Marsupials
Capital of New Zealand	Wellington
The British influenced the cultures by: taking the land from the Maori in NZ taking the land from the Aborigines in AUST. diease,religion, culture, introduced to both countries	New Zealand and Australia

Created by: KFox