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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Aborigines were living on the continent by the time the Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 300,000 - 1 million.
(d) 25,000 - 50,000.

2. Captain Phillip anchored in the harbor now known as __________________.
(a) Circular Quay.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Roundabout Bay.
(d) Sydney.

3. The town of Cowra is famous for a mass breakout of ____________ prisoners during World War II.
(a) Japanese.
(b) German.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) French.

4. Who is Alan Howe's wife?
(a) Cheryl Edwards.
(b) Camilla Edson.
(c) Carmel Egan.
(d) Carrie Easton.

5. Where did Bryson and Hart take a day trip from Broken Hill?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The plateaus.
(c) The desert.
(d) The beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the botanist who accompanied Lt. James Cook on one of his voyages to Australia?

2. What is the mountain range that lies to the west of Sydney?

3. Who is the local journalist who told Bryson about the Myall Creek incident?

4. What desert habitat museum did Bryson visit?

5. What museum did Carmel take Bryson to visit?

(see the answer key)

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