Austral-Asia/Oceania

Question 1

What continent is the driest, coldest, windiest, and has the highest average elevation?

Answer 1

Antarctica

Question 2

What are the two main types of islands in Oceania and how are they created?

Answer 2

Continental- formed from continental rock and lie on a shallow continental shelf
Oceanic- volcanic mountains that have grown from the ocean floor to its surface

Question 3

What is the world’s largest coral reef system and where specifically is it located?

Answer 3

The Great Barrier Reef, which is located on the northeast coast of Australia in the Coral Sea

Question 4

Who are the indigenous people of Australia and New Zealand?

Answer 4

Australia- Aborigines

New Zealand- Maori

Question 5

What continent contains the lowest average elevation?

Answer 5

Australia

Question 6

What is the level of economic development in Australia and New Zealand?

Answer 6

Both are developed and have market economic systems

Question 7

Why is Antarctica known as a desert?

Answer 7

There is little rainfall (2in annually)

Question 8

What is Antarctica used for by international agreement?

Answer 8

Research

Question 9

What are the three main archipelagos of Oceania (South Pacific)?

Answer 9

Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia