Deck 14: Australia and Oceania

Question 1

Not including Australia and New Zealand ,what type(s)of rural settlement are found in the island realm of Oceania?

A) commercial sheep farming
B) commercial dairying
C) shifting cultivation for village populations
D) commercial plantation agriculture
E) commercial plantation agriculture and shifting cultivation

Answer 1

E

Question 2

What caused the dramatic decline in Guam's native bird species?

A) climatic change in the region
B) the elimination of its food supply by humans
C) the thinning of their eggshells and the subsequent death of their young as a result of heavy DDT use on the island in the 1970s
D) radiation poisoning caused by nuclear tests of the United States and France
E) the accidental introduction of the non-native brown tree snake

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Papua New Guinea's greenhouse gas emissions are less than that of New Zealand due primarily to the fact that

A) they have far fewer people.
B) they have taken strict measures to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
C) they are participating in a cap and trade program.
D) there are far fewer livestock.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following areas of Australia and Oceania has NOT been affected by mining in comparison to other areas in the region?

A) Australia
B) Hawaii
C) Papua New Guinea
D) New Caledonia
E) Nauru

Question 5

By approximately what year was Australia settled by Aborigines?

A) by 2500 BCE
B) by 1200 BCE
C) by 200 BCE
D) by 400 CE
E) by 1200 CE

Question 6

Which countries in the region comprising Australia and Oceania are the most urbanized?

A) Australia and Fiji
B) New Zealand and French Polynesia
C) Australia and Micronesia
D) Australia and New Zealand
E) New Zealand and Papua New Guinea

Question 7

Which exotic animal,introduced to Australia,reached plague proportions,and was finally brought under control only after the purposeful introduction of a disease that affected only this particular introduced species?

A) camels
B) dogs
C) goats
D) wallabies
E) rabbits

Question 8

Which of the following environmental problems is NOT a major issue in Australia and Oceania?

A) Major mining operations have threatened the environment.
B) Global warming threatens to drown islands of the region as sea levels rise.
C) Wide-scale burning of forests after they have been cleared is creating smoke pollution.
D) Exotic plants and animals are leading to the extinction of indigenous species.
E) Woodlands have been destroyed to produce pastures.

Question 9

Of the following places in Australia and Oceania,which was the first to be settled by humans?

A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) Hawaii
E) Cook Islands

Question 10

Which part of the Australia and Oceania region receives the LEAST amount of precipitation?

A) the northeast coast of New Zealand
B) the mid-slopes of the 13,000-foot-plus volcanoes of the island of Hawaii
C) anywhere in Samoa
D) the largest of the Marshall Islands
E) the interior of Australia

Question 11

Groups such as SPA (Sustainable Population Australia)argue that

A) Australia's very low natural increase rate will create a slowing of economic production.
B) Australia should institute policy to restrict population size.
C) global warming will make Australia's interior more inhabitable and therefore able to support a larger population.
D) that Australia is underpopulated by more than 8 million people.
E) Australia's population has reached a sustainable level compared to other world regions

Question 12

What is the second most populous country in the Australia andOceania region?

A) Australia
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Fiji
D) Nauru
E) New Zealand

Question 13

Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

A) off the west coast of New Zealand
B) along Australia's southern coast
C) along New Zealand's east coast
D) off the northeastern coast of Australia
E) off the southwestern coast of Australia

Question 14

In what part of Australia do most of its people live?

A) southeast
B) southwest
C) northwest
D) northeast
E) the Outback

Question 15

Which of the following factors is NOT listed in your textbook as one of the three factors influencing the climates of New Zealand?

A) rivers
B) latitude
C) moderating effects of the Pacific Ocean
D) proximity to local mountains
E) All of the above are listed as factors influencing the climates of New Zealand

Question 16

What is the largest country (in terms of land area as well as population)in the Australia and Oceania region?

A) Australia
B) Fiji
C) New Zealand
D) Solomon Islands
E) Vanuatu

Question 17

What is the approximate population of Australia?

A) 5 million
B) 13 million
C) 45 million
D) 23 million
E) 200 million

Question 18

What causes a tsunami?

A) plate tectonics
B) a volcano
C) a monsoon
D) climate change
E) orographic precipitation

Question 19

In the early days of its colonization,Britain used Australia initially as a

A) source of natural resources.
B) source of slaves.
C) tourist destination.
D) prison colony.
E) plantation.

Question 20

What landform dominates much of New Zealand?

A) volcanic mountains
B) wide plains
C) lush tropical rainforest
D) eroded sedimentary formations
E) deserts

Question 21

The Maori have a greater political impact on New Zealand than the Aborigines do in Australia.

Question 22

How did Pacific Islanders first come to be recruited heavily for American football?

A) many Pacific Islanders began to watch American football on t.v. and saw this as a way to improve their economic status
B) the strong presence of Mormon missionaries in Oceania led to the recruitment of Pacific Islanders for Brigham Young University football
C) Polynesian culture's emphasis of group activity and bonding made them transition easily to American football culture
D) None of the above are correct
E) All of the above are correct

Question 23

English missionariesemphasized male characters and heroic warrior attributes,removing strong females from Maori proverbs and legends.

Question 24

Kwajalein is the best example of an atoll in Australia and Oceania.

Question 25

A reason that many Polynesians are recruited to play on American football teams is the emphasis in Polynesian culture on group activity and bonding.

Question 26

Emigration from Tonga is very high.

Question 27

What is the cultural origin of the majority of Australia's population?

A) Australia (the Aboriginal population)
B) France
C) Spain
D) Britain
E) South Asia

Question 28

The Aboriginal population numbered approximately ________ upon European conquest?

A) 1 million
B) 10,000
C) 300,000
D) 800,000
E) 3 million

Question 29

Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji?

A) They had committed crimes in India, and came as prisoners.
B) They came to fill labor shortages in the sugarcane fields
C) They came to colonize Fiji.
D) They were fleeing civil war in India.
E) They came as a result of a government policy in India to relieve overcrowding.

Question 30

Exotic plants and animals are the most serious challenge to many of New Zealand's indigenous plant and animal species such as the moa birds that are now extinct.

Question 31

In the Australia and Oceania region,anthropologists have the greatest chance of finding "uncontacted peoples" in Fiji.

Question 32

Where in Australia and Oceania do anthropologists have the greatest chance of finding "uncontacted peoples"?

A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) New Guinea
E) Tasmania

Question 33

In the region of Australia and Oceania,the most populated country is New Zealand.

Question 34

The Maori account for approximately what percentage of New Zealand's population?

A) 22
B) 45
C) 8
D) 1
E) 30

Question 35

In the Australia and Oceania region,you would expect the highest amount of rain near the interior of Australia.

Question 36

Traditionally the term "haoles" was used to describe an elite group in Hawaii who profited from commercial sugarcane plantations.

Question 37

Australia and New Zealand are the most urbanized countries in the region of Australia and Oceania.

Question 38

Australia is known around the world for having marsupial animals.

Question 39

What is the situation today between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians in Fiji?

A) The two groups coexist peacefully.
B) Ethnic tensions exist between the two groups.
C) Intermarriage between the two groups is common.
D) The Indo-Fijians have enslaved the indigenous Fijians.
E) The indigenous Fijians have put the Indo-Fijians to work on farms as indentured laborers.

Question 40

Which of the following is the best definition of "uncontacted peoples"?

A) people who do not have Internet hook-ups
B) people who do not have telephones
C) people who do not have access to television
D) cultural groups that have yet to be "discovered" by the Western world
E) cultural groups, like the Maroons in Latin America, who make a point of living away from major population centers

Question 41

Mining contributes the most to Australia's economy.

Question 42

Australia and Oceania face numerous environmental risks.Write an essay in which you describe and assess two of the most severe of these problems.

Question 43

How do of Aborigines and Maoris fair in education and economically as compared to whites in Australia and New Zealand?

Question 44

According to your textbook,how and why has American football become important to many Pacific Islanders?

Question 45

What is the current situation for native land rights in Australia and Oceania?

Question 46

Describe the differences in environment between Oceania's low and high islands.

Question 47

What is Pidgin English and why is it important?

Question 48

Australians voted to retain their ties to the British Crown and recognize the British Queen as their official head of state.

Question 49

What has been the response to climate change in Australia and Oceania and why is it an especially important issue for the region?