11th grade. Unit 4. Lesson 5. The Land down under (New book)

[blank_start]species[blank_end] - a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants. [blank_start]emu[blank_end] - a large Australian bird that can run fast but cannot fly [blank_start]the outback[blank_end] - the area of Australia that is a long way from the coast and the towns, where few people live [blank_start]indigenous[blank_end] - belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else, synonym – native [blank_start]refugee[blank_end] - a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons [blank_start]convict[blank_end] - a person who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to prison [blank_start]diverse[blank_end] - various, different [blank_start]penal[blank_end] - connected with or used for punishment, especially by law [blank_start]flat[blank_end] - (of land) without any mountains or hills

The official name of Australia is ...

The name “Australia” comes from ...

Which of these territories are / is not part of Australia?

The capital of Australia is ...

Which of the following statements are true:

Australia is ... largest country in the world.

The highest point of Australia is ...

The first European discoverers of Australia were ...

Australia was developed at first as a British ...

There are about ... species of the kangaroo.

Australia leads the world in the production of ...

Australia was called “the land of ...” by one of the early navigators.

Of Australia’s [blank_start]17.7[blank_end] million inhabitants, about [blank_start]23[blank_end] per cent were born elsewhere, and [blank_start]1.5[blank_end] per cent are of aboriginal descent. Over [blank_start]86[blank_end] per cent of Australia’s people live in cities, yet only [blank_start]10[blank_end] per cent of its area is cultivated. Australia enjoys one of the world’s highest standards of living – it is the [blank_start]16th[blank_end] among the industrialised nations.