World Geography - Pacific

Front 1

Which of the following describes the basic physical landscape of Australia’s large interior?

Back 1

Lowland desert

Front 2

What feature lies off of Australia’s northeastern coast and contributes to southeastern Australia’s mild climate by directing warm west-flowing currents to the south?

Back 2

Great Barrier Reef

Front 3

What does it mean that much of the plant and animal life in Oceania is endemic to the region, such as the wallaby to Australia?

Back 3

Many species exist there and nowhere else on earth

Front 4

Which of the following explains the lack of indigenous land mammals in New Zealand and the Pacific islands?

Back 4

They were never connected via land to the Eurasian landmass

Front 5

Which of the following terms describes most of the animal life of present-day New Zealand?

Back 5

Introduced

Front 6

What term refers to the Pacific islands north of the equator and east of the Philippines?

Back 6

Micronesia

Front 7

The concept of the noble savage, created by romanticists and used by Pacific explorers, is most accurately described in which of the following statements?

Back 7

Pacific peoples are primitive but untouched by corruption and moral debasement

Front 8

What European power colonized Australia and New Zealand?

Back 8

Britain

Front 9

The initial European settlement of what part of Oceania was the result of its designation as a penal colony?

Back 9

Australia

Front 10

During the three decades following World War II, what country was the dominant political power in the Pacific?

Back 10

United States

Front 11

Since the 1960s and early 1970s, what world region has emerged as a significant market for the products of Oceania’s countries, particularly Australia and New Zealand?

Back 11

Asia

Front 12

Which of the following figures represents the approximate total population of Oceania?

Back 12

30 million

Front 13

In what part of the country do most of Australia’s 19.9 million people live?

Back 13

Southeast coast

Front 14

What is the approximate rate of urbanization in Australia and New Zealand?

Back 14

85 percent

Front 15

Which best describes Oceania’s trends in population?

Back 15

Pacific islanders tend to have more children than Australians and New Zealanders

Front 16

By what name are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand known?

Back 16

Maori

Front 17

During the early 1900s, migrants from what world region were not allowed into Australia and New Zealand?

Back 17

Southeast Asia

Front 18

Prior to World War II, what country was the primary trading partner of both New Zealand and Australia?

Back 18

United Kingdom

Front 19

Which of the following statements provides the most accurate description of the composition of the populations of Australia and New Zealand in the 1990s?

Back 19

Ethnic diversity is increasing

Front 20

Asians constitute approximately what percentage of the population of Australia?

Back 20

Less than 10 percent

Front 21

Until the High Court voided such a view in 1993, what group of people was thought to have no prior claim to any land in Australia because they were considered to be “too primitive”?

Back 21

Aborigines

Front 22

The interpretation of the terms of the Waitangi Treaty by the British went against which of the following Maori beliefs?

Back 22

Land is not a tradable commodity

Front 23

The population of Fiji is roughly evenly divided between indigenous Fijians and Fijians of what ancestry?

Back 23

Indian

Front 24

What major New Zealand city has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world?

Back 24

Auckland

Front 25

What type of language is often used by traders and others who live in the Pacific islands?

Back 25

Pidgin

Front 26

According to the textbook, what type of activity represents the most resilient cultural link between the countries of Oceania?

Back 26

Sports competitions

Front 27

Which of the following is LEAST important to the national economies of Australia and New Zealand?

Back 27

Manufactured goods

Front 28

What country is Australia’s largest export market?

Back 28

Japan

Front 29

What type of product does Japan buy more of than any other Australian export?

Back 29

Raw materials

Front 30

What industry is the largest in Hawaii and increasingly prominent in the economy of Oceania at large?

Back 30

Tourism

Front 31

All EXCEPT which of the following represent increasingly important roles played by Asia in the societies and economies of Oceania.

Back 31

Supplier of raw materials

Front 32

The modest size of the manufacturing sector in both Australia and New Zealand is the result of which one of the following?

Back 32

Competition from Asian firms is stiff