Landforms, water and resources of Australia and Oceania

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Esme finds the long mountain range running down Australia's east side. What is it called?

   • The Atlas Mountains
   • The Rocky Mountains
   • The Andes
   • The Great Dividing Range
2. 2.

   Jun finds the world's largest coral reef system, off Australia's northeast coast. What is it called?

   • The Great Lakes
   • The Great Plains
   • The Great Barrier Reef
   • The Grand Canyon
3. 3.

   Map of Australia with the dry inland shaded tan and the coasts shaded green. Kira finds Australia's huge, dry, thinly settled inland area. What do Australians call it?

   • The Outback
   • The Amazon
   • The rainforest
   • The tundra
4. 4.

   Map of Australia and New Zealand with the sea between them shaded and unlabeled. Luz finds the sea between Australia and New Zealand. What is it called?

   • The Tasman Sea
   • The North Sea
   • The Red Sea
   • The Caribbean Sea
5. 5.

   Map of Australia with the sea to the northeast shaded and unlabeled. Milo finds the sea off Australia's northeast coast, where the big reef lies. What is it called?

   • The Black Sea
   • The Coral Sea
   • The Baltic Sea
   • The Arabian Sea
6. 6.

   Map of Australia with the ocean to the west shaded and unlabeled. Noah sails on a map west from Australia's west coast toward Africa. Which ocean is it?

   • The Pacific Ocean
   • The Atlantic Ocean
   • The Arctic Ocean
   • The Indian Ocean
7. 7.

   Australia is one country, and it covers a whole continent. Pia asks: what is Australia?

   • A continent with many countries
   • A country but not a continent
   • Both a country and a continent
   • An island state of Asia
8. 8.

   Map of the Pacific with Australia, New Zealand and many island countries outlined. Oceania means Australia, New Zealand and thousands of islands across the Pacific. Tala asks: what is Oceania?

   • One island in the Pacific
   • A sea between two islands
   • One single country
   • A region with many countries
10. 9.

    Zee reads about a state whose mines dig more iron ore than any other part of Australia. Which one is it?

    • Western Australia
    • Queensland
    • New Zealand
    • Fiji
11. 10.

    Bo reads about a warm, wet state on Australia's northeast coast that grows most of Australia's sugar cane. Which one is it?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • Western Australia
    • Fiji
    • New Zealand
    • Queensland