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Earth spinningGeography Quiz

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Australia/New Zealand

Answer Button 1. Australia is the smallest of the seven continents, but is it larger or smaller than the United States?

Answer Button 2. The year 2000 Summer Olympics will be held in Sydney, Australia . . . would you think this Southern Hemisphere city has its warmest months during July/August or during January/February?

Answer Button 3. Can you identify two mammals native to Australia that begin with the letter "K" and that live nowhere else in the world?

Answer Button 4. A famous cartoon character is modeled after an animal that comes from the Australian island located southeast of the mainland. Can you name the island and the animal?

Answer Button 5. Australia has been an independent nation for almost 100 years; before that time it belonged to the French, the British, or the Portuguese?

Answer Button 6. Snow-capped mountains and glaciers can be found in New Zealand. True or False?

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    1. Slightly smaller

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    2. January/February

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    3. Kangaroo and Koala

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    4. Tasmania and Tasmanian devil

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    5. British

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    6. True

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