# Australia and Oceania

> Grade 5: Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands, the Great Barrier Reef, the Outback, unique animals, Indigenous Australians.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/social-g5-oceania-en/

- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 5
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. What is the capital city of Australia? (Canberra / Melbourne / Perth / Sydney)
   Answer: Canberra
2. What is the capital city of New Zealand? (Auckland / Christchurch / Dunedin / Wellington)
   Answer: Wellington
3. Fiji is a country made up of many islands in the Pacific Ocean.
   Answer: True
4. Which country is made up of two main islands, called the North Island and the South Island? (Fiji / New Zealand / Samoa / Tonga)
   Answer: New Zealand
5. The Great Barrier Reef is found off which Australian coast? (North-east coast / North-west coast / South-west coast / Southern coast)
   Answer: North-east coast
6. What are the tiny animals that build a coral reef called? (Coral polyps / Jellyfish / Sea sponges / Sea urchins)
   Answer: Coral polyps
7. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world.
   Answer: True
8. What is the Outback? (A coastal rainforest / A large island near Tasmania / A mountain range in the south / The remote, dry inland of Australia)
   Answer: The remote, dry inland of Australia
9. What is the name of the huge red rock in central Australia that was once called Ayers Rock?
   Answer: Uluru
10. Which animal carries its baby in a pouch? (Crocodile / Dingo / Emu / Kangaroo)
   Answer: Kangaroo
11. Koalas are a type of bear.
   Answer: False
12. Name the large Australian bird that cannot fly and runs fast.
   Answer: Emu
13. Which unusual Australian mammal lays eggs and has a duck-like bill? (Koala / Platypus / Wallaby / Wombat)
   Answer: Platypus
14. What are Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders known as together? (Early settlers / Indigenous Australians / Outback farmers / Pacific explorers)
   Answer: Indigenous Australians
15. What is the name of the Aboriginal wooden hunting tool that can fly in a curve and return?
   Answer: Boomerang
16. Indigenous Australians have lived in Australia for about how long? (About 10 years / About 2,000 years / About 500 years / Over 60,000 years)
   Answer: Over 60,000 years