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QUIZ “AUSTRALIA: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW’’ The official name of the country
  • Australia
  • Commonwealth of Australia
  • Independent Australia
The area of the land is approx.
  • 7,687,000 sq.km.
  • 8,781,000 sq.km.
  • 9,867,000 sq.km.
of the continent is in the tropics.
  • About 40 %
  • About 30 %
  • About 60 %
Australia as a land mass has been isolated from the rest of the world
  • for 40 million years
  • for 50 million years
  • for 60 million years
Europeans called the land in Latin
  • Terra australium
  • Terra australia
  • Terra australis
What country is called “ The birds’ paradise”?
  • India
  • Australia
  • Indonesia
In the 16-th century Australia was discovered by
  • the British
  • the Spanish
  • the Portuguese
In the early 17-th century the Dutch called the land
  • New Britain
  • New Germany
  • New Holland
The first settlement was established in
  • 1788
  • 1619
  • 1878
The first settlers were
  • explorers
  • convicts
  • soldiers
Australia is divided into
  • 5 states и 3 territories
  • 4 states и 4 territories
  • 6 states и 2 territories
The Australian Aborigines are an ancient people with a rich cultural inheritance. This race has existed for over
  • 23,000 years
  • 25,000 years
  • 27,000 years
The Aboriginal people believe that Ancestral Beings helped create their land. The mythological period of creation is called
  • Moontime
  • Dreamtime
  • Suntime
Most Aborigines considered a rainbow to be
  • a giant serpent
  • a giant worm
  • a giant ray