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Australia Student No. ： SQ0902GC35005 Student Name ： Jet Tan Instructor ： Bo Zhu Quiz Q1: What s the capital of Australia? Q3: In which city were the 2000th Olympic Games held? Canberra English Sydney Q2: What s the official language? The Land The People The Government The Economy The Capital Cities Geographically isolated? Attractions Australia ? A mazing 叹为观止 ? U nexpected 超乎想象 ? S tylish 时尚之巅 ? T empting 诱人魅力 ? R elaxing 悠然一刻 ? A dventurous 体验极限 ? L iberating 自由自在 ? I nspiring 灵感无限 ? A ttractive 梦萦魂牵 Geographically isolated? Its the smallest continent in the world and its the biggest island in the world. Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria Tasmania Australia Capital The Land ? Land area: approximately 7,750,000 sq km ? Climate: generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east ; tropical in north ? Terrain: mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast The People ? Population: 21,700,000 (March 2009) ? Population growth rate: 0.87% ? Ethnic groups: Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% (2001) ? Languages: English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2009) The Government ? Conventional name: Commonwealth of Australia ? Capital: Canberra ? Government type: democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign ? Administrative divisions: 6 states (South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia) and 2 territories (Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory) The Government ? Independence: 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies) ? National holiday: Australia Day, 26 January ? Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory ? Legal system : based on Engl