OCEANIA

Question 1

Due to the lack of a written history, virtually nothing is known about the arrival of ancient aborigines to Australia.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Australia and New Zealand remain strong military allies of the United States.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

MIRAB economies have substantial opportunity for economic growth

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which statement BEST describes the people of Australia and New Zealand?

Answer 4

They are a predominantly urban people with a comfortable standard of living and diverse employment opportunities

Question 5

Nearly all of Australia’s and to make a plant species are adapted to cool and wet conditions.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What is NOT true of migrants and refugees in Oceania?

Answer 6

Australia and New Zealand have a reputation for having very strict immigration policies, resulting in less than 10% of the population is being foreign born.

Question 7

Like Australia, New Zealand was once a British penal colony.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The enactment of the United Nations convention of the Law of the Sea facilitated environmental protection efforts in Oceania.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The Rapanui people experience decline because of the range of environmental factors that prohibited continue production of sufficient food.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The country whose indigenous population was devastated by environmental pollution wrought by the Ok Tedi Mine is:

Answer 10

Papua New Guinea

Question 11

Oceania is composed primarily of ocean.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What is not true of women in the Pacific Islands?

Answer 12

Their economic experts are strongly recognize in aided by banks

Question 13

What description BEST characterizes the climate of most of Oceania?

Answer 13

Warm and humid

Question 14

The worlds first 35 hour work week was negotiated by Australian coal miners.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Scientists have discovered the origins of the La Niña phenomenon.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Australia’s aborigines migrated from:

Answer 16

Southeast Asia

Question 17

foreign-born residents make up about 2/3 of Australia’s residence.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Generally, the diversity of the land animals and plants in Oceania is richest in the western Pacific, thinning out to the east where the islands are smaller and farther apart.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

New Zealand, Tahiti, and the Hawaiian islands are all examples of atolls.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Austronesians had a strict policy of not mixing with the local Melanesian peoples.

Answer 20

False