Oceania

Question 1

Australia

Answer 1

Canberra

Question 2

Fiji

Answer 2

Suva

Question 3

Kiribati

Answer 3

South Tarawa

Question 4

Marshall Islands

Answer 4

Majuro

Question 5

Micronesia

Answer 5

Palikir

Question 6

Nauru

Answer 6

Yaren District

Question 7

New Zealand

Answer 7

Wellington

Question 8

Palau

Answer 8

Ngerulmud

Question 9

Papua New Guinea

Answer 9

Port Moresby

Question 10

Samoa

Answer 10

Apia

Question 11

Solomon Islands

Answer 11

Honiara

Question 12

Tonga

Answer 12

Nuku’alofa

Question 13

Tuvalu

Answer 13

Funafuti

Question 14

Vanuatu

Answer 14

Port Villa

Question 15

Native Species

Answer 15

Animal or plant naturally occurring in area, keeps invasive species population down and helps economy

Question 16

Global Warming

Answer 16

Important since affects wildlife, people, & the environment, caused solely by humans definition

Question 17

Atoll

Answer 17

Ring of coral islands & reefs surrounding a shallow body of ocean water, formed by when volcano rises to sea level on top of underground volcano

Question 18

Lagoon

Answer 18

A body of shallow water partly cut off from the ocean by low-lying rock, sand, or coral reefs, formed when an island completely subsides into water leaving a ring of coral to continue to grow

Question 19

Continental Drift

Answer 19

Continents slowly drifting as the tectonic plates that they sit on move, important because if world was still one continent, history would be completely different

Question 20

Endangered Species

Answer 20

Animals or plants in danger of dying out in immediate future, ecosystem will be disturbed if they die out

Question 21

Threatened species

Answer 21

Animals likely to become endangered if not protected, important to take action before extinction

Question 22

Ice Shelves

Answer 22

Large floating sheets of ice that is attached to coast, extending for hundreds of miles, sea level rises when they crumble

Question 23

Biome

Answer 23

Large ecosystem home to animals, plants, and other life, creating habitats and ecosystems for lots of nature

Question 24

Greenhouse effect

Answer 24

Creates global warming & allows earth to stay at livable temperature

Question 25

Volcano islands

Answer 25

An island with a volcano, and it deposits fertile land and hot water and energy to communities

Question 26

Exotic species

Answer 26

Animals brought from somewhere else, affects other species forcing them to adapt

Question 27

Names of 4 regions of Oceania, what they mean and what they reveal about their history

Answer 27

Micronesia, “Tiny Islands”, low lying & coral.
Melanesia, “Black Islands” clustered off coast of Australia
Polynesia “Many islands”, Triangle: Hawaii, New Zealand
Australasia: Australia, New Zealand, neighboring islands.
Significant because Europeans named these islands, not the natives

Question 28

What does aborigine mean, how long did first humans migrate to Australia & how long did aboriginal populations live free of European interference?

Answer 28

Means original people in location, migrated 50,000 years ago, lived roughly 50,000 years without contact

Question 29

What is uluru and why is is it significant

Answer 29

Large mountain in the outback discovered n 1985 & locals believe it has ancestral spirits on it

Question 30

What do boomerang & didgeridoo reveal about aboriginal culture

Answer 30

Reveals they had specialization, and culture from the start

Question 31

Why should the arrival of Dutch explorers not be too surprising?

Answer 31

East India Trade in Indonesia led them to be right next to Australia

Question 32

What is Pangea and how it is formed

Answer 32

More than 270 million years ago, earth joined together in one supercontinent to Pangea. 200 million years ago, tectonic plates began to move and landmass breaks apart