1. Geographic Understandings To play the game, go to the next slide and click on a point value to go to a question. To go to final Wrap-Up click on Final Wrap-Up at the bottom of the main screen.

2. Reading Maps Physical Features Climate Geography & the Economy Vocabulary Natural Resources

3. Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 Team 5 Wager board

4. What physical feature is #2 on the map?

5. Ayers Rock score board

6. What physical feature is found at #4?

7. Great Barrier Reef score board

8. In what state is the largest concentration of people?

9. New South Wales score board

10. Which city has the warmest climate?

11. Darwin scoreboard

12. Which state has the highest concentration of precious metals?

13. Western Australia score board

14. What is the largest part of Australia called?

15. Outback score board

16. What is the name of the island located south of the Australian mainland?

17. Tasmania score board

18. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

19. In the Coral Sea score board

20. What is the name of the huge reddish monolith found in Australia?

21. Ayers Rock score board

22. What is the name of the largest desert found in Australia?

23. Great Victoria Desert score board

24. What is the name of the mineral from which we get aluminum?

25. Bauxite score board

26. What region of Australia experienced a gold rush?

27. Southern score board

28. What are Australia’s two leading mineral exports?

29. Coal and iron ore score board

30. What precious metal created an influx of immigrants to Australia?

31. Gold score board

32. What three minerals does Australia lead the world in producing?

33. Titanium, lead, diamonds, bauxite score board

34. In which month does Sydney get the most rain?

35. March score board

36. What is the coolest month in Sydney?

37. July score board

38. What are the summer months in Australia?

39. December to March score board

40. What climate conditions are found in central Australia?

41. Desert score board

42. What climate conditions are found in northern Australia?

43. Hot and dry score board

44. What important business is found in the Outback?

45. Mining score board

46. What is one type of climate found in Australia that is not good for growing grains?

47. Desert score board

48. Which Australian state has the highest concentration of precious metals?

49. Western Australia score board

50. Besides food, what product is dependent upon arable land?

51. Beef cattle score board

52. How did the introduction of sheep change the landscape of Australia?

53. Trees were cut down and fences were built. score board

54. What term describes the visible tip of an underground rock?

55. Monolith score board

56. What term describes a remote countryside or a rural area outside a city?

57. Bush score board

58. What term describes a wilderness area in Australia’s interior?

59. Outback score board

60. What is the meaning of “arable?”

61. Suitable for farming score board

62. What items have often been described as gifts of nature?

63. Natural resources score board

64. Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question

65. What is found in the Great Barrier Reef?

66. The world’s largest collection of coral score board