Quiz 11

Question 1

The Pacific Islands have been formed by which of the following phenomena:
A) The collision of tectonic plates
B) The process of “isostasy,” which causes blocks of granite to rise above heavier layers of basaltic crust
C) The formation of a mid-oceanic ridge
D) The formation of volcanoes
E) The impact of one or more tsunamis

Answer 1

A & D

Question 2

True or False: The available evidence suggests that because the Pacific Islands are so small and so far apart, no one would have or could have set out from one island to settle on another, and therefore the spread of population across the Pacific must have been the result of accidental discoveries and shipwrecked sailors blown off course by storms.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True or False: Since all of the Pacific Islands have more or less the same geography and climate, any differences among Pacific Islanders must be due to differences in the cultures and technologies of the people who settled these islands.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In order to produce the large stone statues found on Easter Islands, the prehistoric people of this island must have had which of the following:
A) Access to a large forest with large trees of various kinds.
B) A productive economy able to provide a substantial surplus of food and other resources.
C) Large-scale political and religious organization
D) Close and regular contact with neighboring islands
E) A system of writing and mathematics

Answer 4

A, B & C

Question 5

Easter Island is so named because the first recorded visit to the island by the Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, occurred on Easter Sunday. In what year did that landing occur?

Answer 5

1722

Question 6

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about Australian Aborigines?
A) They arrived in Australia between 40,000-50,000 years ago.
B) They practiced swidden (slash-and-burn) agriculture.
C) They migrated to New Zealand by outrigger canoe.
D) Throughout history, they have maintained trade and other relations with native peoples of New Guinea.
E) Today, they dominate the politics and economics of Australia.

Answer 6

A

Question 7

Agriculture was independently developed in which of the following:

Answer 7

New Guinea

Question 8

Which of the following products is native to the Americas and found its way to the Pacific Islands, BEFORE the arrival of the Europeans in the 16th century?

Answer 8

Sweet Potato

Question 9

Which of the following is/are important sources of income for many Pacific Islands today?
A) Agricultural exports
B) Export of volcanic rock
C) Overseas remittances
D) Tourism
E) Uranium and other rare metals

Answer 9

A, C & D

Question 10

Austronesian sailors who explored and settled throughout Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific came from which of the following:

Answer 10

Taiwan