Australiathelastcontinentwasdiscoveredbyships1(belong)tosomeEuropeannationsintheseventeenthcentury.Thesenationswere2(little)interestedinchangingitintoacolonythani

　　Australiathelastcontinentwasdiscoveredbyships 1 (belong)tosomeEuropeannationsintheseventeenthcentury.Thesenationswere 2 (little)interestedinchangingitintoacolonythanin 3 (explore)it.AsintheearlyhistoryoftheUnitedStatesitwastheEnglish 4 setupthesettlementsinAustralia.ThishistoryandthegeographyofthesetwoBritishcolonieshavesomeotherthingsincommonaswell.

　　AustraliaandtheUnitedStatesareaboutthesameinsizeandtheirwesternlandsarebothnotrich 5 soil.ItwasontheeasterncoastofAustraliaandAmericathattheEnglishfirstsettledandbothcoloniessoonbegantodeveloptowardsthewest.Howeverthiswestward 6 (move)tookplace 7 becausetheEnglishweresearchingforbetterlandthanthepopulationwasincreasing.Settlementsofthewestpartofbothcountriesdevelopedquicklyaftergold 8 (discover)inAmericain1849andinAustraliatwoyearslater.

　　Althoughthedevelopmentofthesetwocountrieshasalotincommontherearesome 9 (strike)differencesaswell.TheUnitedStatesgaineditsindependencefromEnglandbyrevolutionwhileAustraliawonitsindependencewithouthavingtogotowar.Australia 10 (like)theUnitedStateswasfirstlyturnedintoacolonybyEnglishprisonersanditseconomicdevelopmentwasinwheatgrowingandsheepraising.By1922forexampleAustraliahadfifteentimesmoresheepthanithadpeopleoralmosthalfasmanysheepastherearepeopletodayintheUnitedStates.AustraliaandtheUnitedStateshavemoreincommonwitheachotherthaneitheronehaswithmostoftherestoftheworld.