| 1) The European explorers thought Australia was ______. | a: part of America |
| b: part of Asia | |
| c: dangerous | |
| d: uninhabited | |
| e: boring |
| 2) The European
explorers expected to find ______ in Australia. |
a: ice |
| b: dirt and sand | |
| c: many wonderful things | |
| d: a different culture | |
| e: strange animals |
| 3) The Aborigines had been there ______ of years before the Europeans arrived. | a: hundreds |
| b: thousands | |
| c: tens of thousands | |
| d: hundreds of thousands | |
| e: millions |
| 4) Scientists believe that the Aborigines ______. | a: crossed over from Asia |
| b: crossed over from America | |
| c: crossed over from Africa | |
| d: crossed over from nearby islands | |
| e: always existed there |
| 6) The Aborigines did not trade ______. | a: stones |
| b: shells | |
| c: boomerangs | |
| d: ochre | |
| e: water |
| 7) Australia was discovered in _____. | a: 1760 |
| b: 1670 | |
| c: 1770 | |
| d: 1660 | |
| e: 1870 |
| 8) The European explorers' ship was called the _______. | a: Valiant |
| b: Santa Maria | |
| c: Courageous | |
| d: Endeavor | |
| e: Enterprise |
| 9) The English First Fleet went to Australia with 1,000 people ______ years later. | a: seventeen |
| b: thirteen | |
| c: ten | |
| d: twelve | |
| e: twenty-one |
| 10) At the end of the Ice Age, the sea level rose and created______. | a: valleys |
| b:deserts | |
| c: islands | |
| d: mountains | |
| e: plains |