Oceania Vocabulary

Question 1

A 1,250-mile chain of reefs and islands along Australia’s northeast coast

Answer 1

Great Barrier Reef

Question 2

A series of plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia

Answer 2

Great Dividing Range

Question 3

The low area just west of the Great Dividing Range

Answer 3

Central Lowlands

Question 4

Part of the Western Desert (and the 9th largest desert in the world)

Answer 4

Great Sandy Desert

Question 5

dry and unfertile land that stretches from South Australia to Western Australia

Answer 5

Great Victoria Desert

Question 6

mountain range that divides Antarctica in half

Answer 6

Trans-antarctic Mountains

Question 7

Large peninsula of Antarctica, extends some 1200 miles north towards South America

Answer 7

Antarctic Peninsula

Question 8

World’s largest body of floating ice, lying at the head of the Ross sea

Answer 8

Ronne/Ross Ice shelves

Question 9

ocean that surrounds Antarctica

Answer 9

Southern Ocean

Question 10

Sea where a key battle was fought during World War II

Answer 10

Coral Sea

Question 11

River located in the northern part of New South Wales (Australia)

Answer 11

Darling RIver

Question 12

Australia’s longest river, flowing year-round

Answer 12

Murray River

Question 13

Capital of Australia

Answer 13

Sydney

Question 14

A large city in southeastern Australia

Answer 14

Melbourne

Question 15

Capital of New Zealand

Answer 15

Wellington

Question 16

Island South of Australia

Answer 16

Tasmania

Question 17

frozen continent, owned by no one

Answer 17

Antarctica

Question 18

Island country in the Southwest Pacific, the eastern half of New Guinea

Answer 18

Papa New Guinea