DBIA Exam Rated A+

DBIA Exam Rated A+ 3M Corporation is a leader in: - Answer- Innovation What is the carbon emissions target reduction for Australia under the Kyoto agreement - Answer- -5% Australia's principal export is: - Answer- Iron ore and concentrates Aspects of culture you can see - Answer- All of the above (literature, manners, language, history) Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world with: - Answer- 89% people living in cities The form of market entry that involves greater control but higher risk is: - Answer- Direct foreign investment Online advertising in Australia is predicted to exceed: - Answer- A and B only (free-to-air TV or newspapers) Captain Cook claimed Australia for Great Britain in the year: - Answer- 1770 The British fleet first arrived in Sydney in: - Answer- 26th January, 1788 Australia became a Commonwealth in the year: - Answer- 1901 ANZAC day is celebrated and remembered by Australians to honour: - Answer- The fallen soldiers during World War 1 at Gallipoli Australian exports are too highly reliant on: - Answer- Resources Austrade operates in: - Answer- 50 countries Australia's most precious resource is: - Answer- Water Australia needs to improve its infrastructure in the areas of: - Answer- *All of the above (telecommunications, road, rail, water catchment) Australasia - Answer- Australia, NZ, New Guinea, New Caledonia Oceania - Answer- Australia, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, etc. APAC - Answer- East Asia + Southeast Asia + Oceania NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT - Answer- Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Darwin What percentage of the land is suitable for agriculture? - Answer- 6% How large is the new marine reserve network? - Answer- 36% the size of Australia How much coastline is in Australia? - Answer- 30,000km, 11,000+ beaches (Nigel's favorite = Bondi) One in how many Australians were born in another country? - Answer- 1 in 4 Australians Which nationality immigrated the most in the 1980s? - Answer- Vietnam Which nationality immigrates the most now? - Answer- New Zealand, China, India The Aborigines are the world's oldest civilization, dating back how many years? - Answer- 60-70,000 years from the Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islanders What percentage of Australians are Aborigines? - Answer- 2.5%, about 570,000 Australian sports heroes - Answer- Kathy Friedman (2000 runner), Ian Thorpe (swimmer), Dawn Bradburn (cricket), Rod Laver (tennis), Dawn Frazer (swimmer) Which political officials in Australia are appointed by the Queen? - Answer- Governor General, who can dismiss PM in special circumstances; Governor General appoints Ministers with the PM's advice How many districts are in the Senate? - Answer- 78 How many electorates are in the House of Representatives? - Answer- 148 How long is the PM's term in office? - Answer- Up to 3 years for each term When are the 2013 federal elections? - Answer- 14 September Australia GDP per capita - Answer- $680,000 USD, ranked #5 in the world When is the Melbourne Cup? - Answer- 2nd Tuesday in November, public holiday since 1861 Dutch explorers - Answer- --The Duyfken, 1606, Cape York, QLD (William Jansz) --The Leeuwin, 1627, Southwest WA --The Batavia, 1629, WA Coast --Abel Tasman, 1642, Van Dieman, TAS English explorers - Answer- --The Roebuck, 1699, WA Coast (William Dampier) --The Endeavor, 1770, Botany Bay, NSW (James Cook) James Matra - Answer- --1783 --New Yorker and strategic visionary onboard the Endeavor --Proposed that American loyalists and British convicts settle --Sought international commercial linkages Arthur Philip - Answer- --First governor of Australia --Missing tooth seen as sign of leadership by Aboriginals Matthew Flinders - Answer- --First to circumnavigate Australia, 1804 --Produced the first map of Australia --Died at 40 due to bad health and prison John Macarthur - Answer- --1805 --British army officer, entrepreneur, architect, and pioneer --First to promote agriculture --Died of insanity; credit to wife Elizabeth William Bligh - Answer- --1808 --Harsh NSW governor, famed for Mutiny on the Bounty --Spurred Rum rebellion --Undermined by Macarthur --Arrested in his home but acquitted by Britain Lachlan Macquarie - Answer- --1810 --Replaced Bligh --Reformed colony and set foundation for Sydney Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth - Answer- --1813 --Explored the West to find fertile land --Crossed the Blue Mountains Gold Rush - Answer- --1851 onward --Gold first seen by Edward Hardgraves in Bathurst, NSW --Prompted railway and road infrastructure Eureka Rebellion - Answer- --1854 --Tension over work conditions --Fostered long-term mateship and democratic values James Stephens - Answer- --1856 --Trade Union Leader who led stonemason's revolt for 8 hour day --Made Australia a "working man's paradise" by the 1890s