Презентация "Quiz Australia: yesterday, today, tomorrow"

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