Chapter 10 Test Flashcards
Explorer who named the Solomon Islands
Mendana
Navigator who accompanied Mendana
Quiros
Claimed Tahiti for France
Bougainville
First governor of Australia
Phillip
Found a passage through the Great Dividing Range
Blaxland
Missionary to Papua New Guinea
Chalmers
Discovered the Hawaiian Islands
Cook
Proved it was possible to travel from Peru to the Pacific Islands
Heyerdahl
The First Fleet that sailed to Australia held more __________ than freemen
prisoners
Europeans brought these to the Pacific Islands
diseases
The largest of the Oceanic Islands
New Guinea
Spanish explorers such as Mendana treated those they met with this
hostility
His belief that the Southern Hemisphere contained a large land affected exploration
Ptolemy
Why did Spanish exploration end?
Spain could no longer fund major explorations
He discovered the Hawaiian Islands
Cooks
New Holland was claimed for ____________
Dutch East India Company
He was a missionary to Aniwa Island and Pacific Islands in the New Hebrides
John Paton
This is the day that celebrates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove
Australia Day
He discovered the island of Tasmania while looking for the huge landmass he believed to be the southern land
Abel Tasman
The Australian game that contains elements of football and soccer
Marn Grook
This concept is unbiblical because scripture teaches that all humans are born with a sin nature
noble savage
This group of people killed four Dutch sailors and drove others back to their boats
Maoris
This place was also discovered by Captain Cook
New South Wales
This is a place that was discovered by the Spanish
Solomon Islands
Tasman explored for this country
the Netherlands
Captain James Cook explored for which country
England
On what group of islands was James Cook killed
Hawaiian Islands
This type of Pacific Island is composed of volcanic mountains and debris, is suitable for settlement and agriculture, and is where explorers were likely to find supplies
high islands
This type of Pacific Island has little rainfall, suffers great damage from tropical storms and high waves, and habitants are dependent on fishing as a food source
low islands
This island that was settled by the Spanish had many settlers die of fever including Mendana
Santa Cruz
This was the name given to native Australians by the Europeans
Aborigines
This native people group already occupied New Zealand when the Europeans came
Maoris
Captain Cook gave sauerkraut to his crew to protect them from this disease
scurvy
Canberra is the capital of this country
the Commonwealth of Australia
These are all included in on of three geographic groups of Pacific Islands
Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
