How Australia S Location, Climate, and Natural Resources Have
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HOW AUSTRALIA’S LOCATION, CLIMATE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE:
AFFECTED WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, AND HOW THEY TRADE
Instructions: Read the CRCT Test Prep book pages indicated to fill-in the blanks. The first letter of each answer is shown at the start of each blank.
Pages 177-178: How Australia’s Location, Climate, and Natural Resources Have Affected Where People Live
Location of Australia
1. Australia is both a continent and a country.
2. The coastal areas of Australia are the most highly populated.
3. Most people live along the eastern coast.
4. Nearly 80 percent of Australians live in urban areas.
Climate of Australia
5. The climate of Australiavaries across the continent.
6. Being south of the equator, the seasons in Australia are opposite those in the northern hemisphere.
7. Summers are December to March, and winter is June to September.
8. Closest to the equator, the northern part of Australia has a tropical climate.
9. There are two seasons in the north, wet winters, and hot, dry summers.
10. Most of Australia is desert, so little rain falls in the central part of the country.
11. The southeast and southwest parts of the country have a temperate climate.
12. Preferring the mildness of the temperate climate, most Australians live along the southeastern coast.
Natural Resources of Australia
13. Most of the few, widely scattered settlements in the outback grew up around mining operations.
14. Australians mine for coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, zinc, oil, and natural gas.
15. Australia leads the world in production of diamonds and lead, as well as bauxite, from which we get aluminum.
16. Found in areas that are hard to reach, expensive highways and railroads have to be built to get workers
and machinery to remote locations, and to then get the minerals to populated areas where they can be traded.
17. Australia has enough arable land with enough rain to allow the country to produce enough food to feed its own people and allow the export farm products.
Pages 180-181: How Australia’s Location, Climate, and Natural Resources Impact Trade
Location
18. A large neighbor to the north, the economic growth of China has had a direct impact on the Australian economy.
19. Australia exports minerals and metals to China for use in its industries.
20. Chinaexports finished goods such as cars and dishwashers to Australia.
21. Chinese investors are buying into Australian mining companies.
Climate
22. Tourists from the Northern Hemisphere often visit Australia during their winter, because at that time of the year, it is summertime in Australia.
23. Tourists who want to see the bush or outback usually wait to visit until fall or spring when temperatures are
milder.
24. Grains are grown in inland regions in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria as well as in southwest Western Australia.
25. Australia has growing cotton and beef cattle industries.
26. The grain industry includes wheat, barley, sorghum, and cereal rye.
27. Australians also export rice, chickpeas, lentils, sesame seeds, canola, soybeans, and sunflowers.
Natural Resources
26. The outback contains many important natural resources including gold, silver, uranium, coal, copper, and iron ore.
27. Australia exports more coal and iron ore than any other country.
28. Australia has more lead, cadmium, and nickel than any other country.
29. The export of natural resources account for one-third of the country’s economy.
30. Natural resources have always been important to Australian trade, and currently, China and the United States are
very interested in buying uranium from Australia.