Chapter 14 Quiz

Question 1

In which country are Maoris the indigenous people?
 	A.	Solomon Islands
 	B.	Fiji
 	C.	Vanuatu
 	D.	Australia
	E.	New Zealand

Answer 1

E. New Zealand

Question 2

Viticulture refers to the growing of what crop?
	A.	grapes
 	B.	tomatoes
 	C.	apples
 	D.	cut flowers
 	E.	kiwi fruit

Answer 2

A. grapes

Question 3

What is the least developed and poorest part of Oceania?
 	A.	New Zealand
 	B.	Polynesia
 	C.	Micronesia
 	D.	Tasmania
	E.	Melanesia

Answer 3

E. Melanesia

Question 4

Australia’s Aborigine population originated in Southeast Asia.

True
False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Native Maori people are a smaller percentage of the total population in New Zealand than the Aborigines are in Australia.

True
False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

In the region of Australia/Oceania, the most highly populated country is New Zealand.

True
False

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The United States overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy resulted in formal political annexation to the United States in 1898, the legality of which is contested by native Hawaiians to this day.
True
False

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What economic activity is most important for Australia's economy?
 	A.	tourism
	B.	mining
 	C.	movies
 	D.	high technology
 	E.	wool production

Answer 8

B. mining

Question 9

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by
A. undersea earthquakes building up the land surface beneath the sea.
B. the rifting of the Pacific plate and the Indo-Australian plate.
C. subduction of the Pacific plate under the Indo-Australian plate.
D. an active hot spot beneath the moving Pacific Plate builds up islands, and weathering and erosion wears them down as they move away from the hot spot.
E. Plate movement od accreted lands from the US Mainland.

Answer 9

D. an active hot spot beneath the moving Pacific Plate builds up islands, and weathering and erosion wears them down as they move away from the hot spot.

Question 10

Where do Australian cities tend to be located?
A. along the coasts
B. on the northern portion of the country
C. in the country’s mountainous region
D. in the country’s interior
E. on the western margin of the country

Answer 10

A. along the coasts

Question 11

In the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia as a
 	A.	plantation.
 	B.	source of natural resources.
	C.	prison colony.
 	D.	tourist destination.
 	E.	source of slaves.

Answer 11

C. prison colony.

Question 12

An atoll typically has all of the following characteristics, EXCEPT
 	A.	sand formed from coral.
	B.	a high central peak.
 	C.	an oval or circular shape.
 	D.	a coral reef.
 	E.	a lagoon in its center.

Answer 12

B. a high central peak.

Question 13

Which of the following countries is NOT part of Melanesia?
 	A.	Vanuatu
	B.	New Zealand
 	C.	Solomon Islands
 	D.	Fiji
 	E.	Papua New Guinea

Answer 13

B. New Zealand

Question 14

What caused the dramatic decline in Guam’s native bird species?
A. radiation poisoning caused by nuclear tests of the United States and France
B. the accidental introduction of the non-native brown tree snake
C. the elimination by humans of its food supply
D. the thinning of their eggshells and the subsequent death of their young as a result of heavy DDT use on the island in the 1970s
E. climatic change in the region

Answer 14

B. the accidental introduction of the non-native brown tree snake

Question 15

When Europeans arrived in Australia, what livelihood was most important to the Aborigines?
 	A.	fishing
	B.	hunting and gathering
 	C.	pastoral nomadism
 	D.	plantation agriculture
 	E.	swidden

Answer 15

B. hunting and gathering