Australia and New Zealand

Question 1

A series of Plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia

Answer 1

Great dividing range

Question 2

The smaller and more northern of the two islands composing New Zealand

Answer 2

North island

Question 2

An island country in the south west pacific, the eastern of of New Guinea, officially the independent state of Papua New Guinea.

Answer 2

Papua New Guinea.

Question 3

A pacific island that is a reef or small coral island in the shape of a ring

Answer 3

Low island

Question 3

In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle ranch

Answer 3

Station

Question 4

The earliest people to live in Australia, came from Asia over 40,000 years ago

Answer 4

Aborigine

Question 5

A island made of coral and is shaped like a ring

Answer 5

Atoll

Question 6

A deep well drilled into the earth to tap ground water in porous rock

Answer 6

Artesian Well

Question 8

A narrow bay or or inlet from the sea bordered by steep cliffs

Answer 8

Fiord

Question 9

The capital of New South Wales, on the southeastern coast of Australia

Answer 9

Sydney

Question 10

A large piece of the Earth’s crust

Answer 10

Tectonic Plate

Question 10

A hot spring that shoots scalding water into the air

Answer 10

Geyser

Question 11

The larger and more southern of the two islands composing New Zealand

Answer 11

South Island

Question 13

An animal, such as a kangaroo or the koala that carried its young in a body pouch.

Answer 13

Marsupial

Question 13

The largest of the tree groups of pacific islands, including New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter, and Tahiti islands.

Answer 13

Polynesia

Question 15

A rocklike material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures

Answer 15

Coral

Question 16

The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zealand

Answer 16

Canterbury plain

Question 17

An island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia, known for its giant human head statues

Answer 17

Easter island

Question 18

In general, a remote area with a few people, specifically, the arid inland region of Australia

Answer 18

Outback

Question 18

The earliest people to live in New Zealand, came from Polynesia about 1,000 years ago.

Answer 18

Maori

Question 20

A place settled by convicts or prisoners, the British founded the first colony in Australia

Answer 20

Penal colony

Question 21

One of the three groups of pacific islands, includes Guam, the Marshall Islands, and others

Answer 21

Micronesia

Question 22

A pacific island that has been formed by a volcano and is usually mountainous

Answer 22

High island

Question 24

A town in Northern Territory Australia

Answer 24

Alice Springs

Question 25

The largest city in New Zealand, located on north island.

Answer 25

Auckland

Question 26

The most populous of the three groups of the Pacific Islands; includes Fiji, Papua, New Guinea and others

Answer 26

Melanesia