Chapter 14

Question 1

Define Outback

Answer 1

Australia’s huge, thinly settled, dry interior

Question 2

Define Melanesia

Answer 2

Dark islands

Question 3

Define Polynesia

Answer 3

Many islands

Question 4

Define Micronesia

Answer 4

Little islands

Question 5

3 micro states of Oceania

Answer 5

Nauru, Marshall Islands, US territory Guam

Question 6

What is an Active area where moving oceanic crust passes over magma from earth’s interior, forming a chain of volcanic islands

Answer 6

Hot Spot

Question 7

What is a low, sandy island ringed by coral, around a central lagoon, origination from a volcano?

Answer 7

Atoll

Question 8

What is the Lingua Franca of the region?

Answer 8

Pidgin English

Question 9

How many people are in Australia?

Answer 9

21 million

Question 10

In which country are Maoris the indigenous people?

Answer 10

New Zealand

Question 11

What is the greatest potential environmental threat to Oceania?

Answer 11

Climate change

Question 12

What part of Australia/Oceania is most susceptible to tsunami hazards?

Answer 12

Melanesia and Polynesia

Question 13

What is the approximate population of New Zealand?

Answer 13

4.4 million

Question 14

In what part of Australia do most of its people live?

Answer 14

90% in Sydney or Melbourne

Question 15

What is the capital of Australia?

Answer 15

Canberra

Question 16

What is the cultural origin of the majority of Australia’s population?

Answer 16

Aborigine

Question 17

In the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia as a

Answer 17

Penal colony, exile

Question 18

What is the name of the policy in Australia that promoted immigration from Europe and North America at the expense of other groups?

Answer 18

White Australian Policy

Question 19

Viticulture refers to the growing of what crop?

Answer 19

Grapes

Question 20

What is New Zealand’s most important commercial livestock?

Answer 20

Sheep

Question 21

Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji?

Answer 21

To be laborers on sugar plantations

Question 22

What is Australia’s main export to China?

Answer 22

Coal, iron ore, natural gas

Question 23

What product is mined extensively on the island of Nauru in Micronesia?

Answer 23

Phosphates

Question 24

A bill the Australian legislation signed in 1993 that provides Aborigines with enhanced legal rights over land and resources within the country

Answer 24

Native title bill

Question 25

agreement in 1983 that built upon NZAFTA and set out to remove tariffs and restrictions between Australia and New Zealand

Answer 25

CER Agreement

Question 26

Define Oceania

Answer 26

A collection of islands that stretch from New Guinea to New Zealand to Hawaii