Over the last several years, which environmental issue related to climate change have residents of
Kiribati NOT begun to notice?
A) Their drinking water was getting salty.
B) Fertile soils were saturated by salty rising tides.
C) Shoreline villages had su
D
Which statement BEST describes the role of the region's Pacific island nation's greenhouse gas
emissions in contributing to climate change?
A) These islands are some of the greatest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
B) These islands have contribut
B
The largest of the world's regions is:
A) North America.
B) Russia and the Post-Soviet States. C) Oceania.
D) East Asia.
C
What do Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia all have in common?
A) They are all territories of the United States or Europe.
B) They are common names for island groupings in Oceania and are based on ancient cultural or ethnic
links.
C) They are all domina
B
Global warming in Oceania may NOT result in:
A) increased wildfires.
B) higher levels of human fertility.
C) coral bleaching.
D) stronger tropical storms.
B
Alternative sources of energy being used or developed in Oceania do NOT include:
A) wind energy.
B) solar energy.
C) nuclear energy.
D) geothermal energy.
C
New Zealand is most likely to reach its goal of producing 95 percent of its power from renewable
resources by pursuing what type of energy production?
Wind Power
Australia's main environmental problems do NOT include:
A) invasive species.
B) nuclear waste spills.
C) water scarcity.
D) heavy dependence on coal.
B
Common methods of water management in Australia and New Zealand do NOT include:
A) water harvesting from roofs.
B) the build of dams.
C) drip irrigation technologies.
D) water-filtration techniques.
B
The dominant land use in Australia is:
Grazing of introduced domesticated animals.
- _____ are the MOST numerous in New Zealand.
A) People of European descent
B) Maori
C) Cattle
D) Sheep
D
What was established by the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga?
The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone
UNCLOS is based on the idea that:
A) tourism should be fostered in developing nations.
B) nuclear waste should be stored in the country that generated it.
C) communist nations should be supported in their drive toward democracy.
D) the problems of the wor
D
Why is global warming of particular concern to Pacific Islanders living on atolls?
Raising sea levels
A plant or animal species spread into regions outside their native range, adversely affecting economies
or environments are called _____.
Invasive species
The original settlers of New Zealand were the _____.
Polynesian Maori people.
Which island was created when the drifting continent of Australia collided with the Eurasian Plate?
Gondwana
Which description characterizes the basic physical landscape of Australia's large interior?
A) lowland desert
B) lowland rainforest
C) mountainous needle-leaf forest D) highland tundra
A
Which statement is NOT true of the Great Barrier Reef?
A) It is the world's largest coral reef.
B) It is located off the northeastern coast of Australia.
C) Its presence in the Pacific is a prime contributor to El Ni�o.
D) It influences Australia's climat
C
How many islands compose New Zealand?
Two
The youngest volcanoes of Oceania are located on or near the islands known as:
Hawaii
Which description BEST characterizes the climate of most of Oceania?
A) frigid
B) warm and humid
C) arid and desert-like
D) unstable and dangerous
B
In what part of Australia do most Australians live?
A) the northeast
B) the west
C) the interior
D) the southeast
C
Which animals are NOT marsupials?
A) kangaroos
B) platypus
C) koalas
D) bandicoots
B
Which statement is NOT generally true of Australia's flora and fauna?
A) The country is home to many of the world's endemic species.
B) The country's plant life is adapted to dry conditions.
C) The country's fauna include marsupials and monotremes.
D) The
D
What type of feature forms the high islands of Oceania, such as the Hawaiian Islands?
Hot Spots
A raised or uplifted coral platform that is a volcanic island is known as a(n) _____.
Makatea
A low-lying island, or chain of islets, formed of coral reefs that have built up on the circular oval rim of a submerged volcano is called a(n) _____.
Atoll
What is the name of the winds that shape New Zealand's climate?
Roaring Forties
What term is used to describe plant and animal species that exist in a particular place and nowhere else, such as many of the flora and fauna in Oceania?
Endemic
Australia's Aborigines migrated from what region?
Southeast Asia
The Melanesians who arrived in what is today called Melanesia were emigrants from
Sundaland
Which statement is TRUE of sea navigation in Oceania?
A) The navigation skills necessary to explore and occupy this region are quite elementary.
B) In 1976, Mau Piailug was unable to resolve a scholarly debate over how people settled the many remote islan
C
The European country that had set up a lucrative Pacific trade route between Manila and Acapulco in
the 1560s was:
Spain
Which statement does NOT describe the treatment of native people by the colonizers in Australia and New Zealand?
A) Native people were often displaced from their lands.
B) Native people were often exposed to exotic diseases to which they had no immunity.
D
A large portion of Australia's British population is descended from:
A) pirates.
B) convicts.
C) royalty.
D) merchants
B
During the early 1900s, migrants from what world region were NOT allowed into Australia and New
Zealand?
Southeast Asia
What group of people are the longest surviving inhabitants of Oceania?
Aboriginal Australians
Which subregion of Oceania is formed by a triangle bounded by New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter
Island?
Polynesia
What product of Oceania excited early colonizers the most?
Lures
On which land do the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand maintain their traditional ways of life?
North America
What continent buys 76 percent of Australia's exports?
Asia
What type of good is NOT a common regional export?
A) coal
B) dairy products
C) wool for clothing
D) citrus fruits
D
Which two world regions are a primary source of Oceania's imports?
China and Japan
The modest size of the manufacturing sector in both Australia and New Zealand is the result of:
A) the unemployment rate ibeing low, leaving few workers for the manufacturing sector.
B) the UK increasing its reliance on the region's raw materials.
C) thei
D
Which statement BEST summarizes the role of the service sector of the economies in Australia and
New Zealand?
A) The service sector remains the least important part of the economies of these countries.
B) While growing in importance, the service sector ha
C
The bases of a MIRAB economy does NOT include:
A) bureaucracy.
B) remittances.
C) migration.
D) independence.
D
Which location in Oceania does NOT attract tourism far in excess of its population?
A) New Zealand
B) Guam
C) Hawaii
D) the Northern Mariana Islands
A
What continent receives the largest proportion of Australia's exports?
Asia
What industry is the largest in Hawaii and increasingly prominent in the economy of Oceania at large?
Travel and Tourism
What term is used to describe relocation by retired people to a location with a pleasant climate?
Residential Tourism
Which statement BEST describes Oceania's trends in population?
A) Australians and New Zealanders tend to have more rapidly growing populations than other islanders.
B) Pacific Islanders tend to have more rapidly growing populations than Australians and Ne
C
In general, which statement describes a recent trend in the lives of the women of Australia and New
Zealand?
A) Gender equality is greater in the Pacific islands than in Australia and New Zealand.
B) Women are no longer expected to perform housewife roles
C
Women are NOT pursuing higher education and postponing marriage and childbearing until their
thirties in which country within this region?
Hawaii
Which statement BEST summarizes human well-being in Oceania?
A) As a rule, all of Oceania enjoys a high level of human well-being.
B) Human well-being, as measured by GNI per capita, is highest on the Pacific islands.
C) Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii
C
Why is the status of human well-being in the Pacific islands probably higher than statistics indicate?
A) The statistics do not take into account subsistence affluence and strong communitarian values.
B) The drug trade is part of the informal economy and
A
What country in the region had two female prime ministers since 1997?
New Zealand
Which statement BEST describes the people of Australia and New Zealand?
A) They are predominantly a rural people engaged in agriculture or animal ranching.
B) They are a predominantly urban people with a comfortable standard of living and diverse
employme
B
In what part of the country do most Australians live?
Well-watered and fertile eastern and south-eastern coast.
Which description BEST characterizes the Pacific Way?
A) a political and cultural philosophy based on consensus and respect for traditional leadership
B) a charity geared toward helping the poor and indigent of the Pacific islands
C) the air currents that
A
Bases for government in Australia and New Zealand do NOT include:
A) parliamentary democracy.
B) majority rule.
C) the Pacific Way.
D) universal voting rights.
C
Which statement is NOT true of migrants and refugees in Oceania?
A) Legal migrants with skills are welcomed to Australia and New Zealand in rather large numbers.
B) Australia firmly contends that it has the right to decide who legally immigrates to its so
C
Which country saw three coups d'�tat against legally elected officials in 1987, 2000, and 2006?
Fiji
Of those from outside Oceania, most people are emigrating from these two countries to Australia and
New Zealand.
India and China
Which group of people did NOT emigrate to Australia and New Zealand after World War II?
A) Yugoslavians
B) Greeks
C) Italians
D) Vietnamese
D
Which factor is NOT a reasonable explanation for the increase in the number of people in Australia and
New Zealand who claim indigenous ancestry?
A) changing attitudes toward indigenous cultures
B) a greater willingness by people to claim indigenous herit
C
Which statement is NOT true of Australia's Aborigines?
A) Today, a majority of the Aboriginal people practice their cultural traditions and live close to their
ancient homelands.
B) Until fairly recently, it was illegal for them to drink alcohol.
C) In th
A
The interpretation of the terms of the Waitangi Treaty by the British went against which Maori belief?
A) Money was preferable to "guns and goods."
B) Farming equipment would destroy the soil.
C) Land would be returned at the turn of the century.
D) Land
D
Which statement BEST summarizes the role of women in Oceania?
A) They are love objects who exist to satisfy the desires of men.
B) In all Oceanic countries, women dominate politics and the economic system.
C) Women often exercise a good amount of power in
C
How many languages are spoken in the Vanuatu island chain?
80
Which statement BEST describes the role of sports in Oceania?
A) Sports are a unifying force that foster cultural identity and provide the people of Oceania with
opportunities for travel within the region.
B) Sports are primarily a male pursuit; women are
A
What sparked the growth of Australia's Vietnamese population?
The whites-only immigration policy being banned.
After Aborigines protested at Australia's 200th birthday celebration, the Aborigines began to win some
land claims. Where were most of these lands located?
In the arid interior previously controller by the Australian government.
What term describes a language that borrows words from several languages in order to allow
communication between interacting parties that speak different languages, such as traders?
Pidgin
What sport is a favorite in parts of Micronesia that were U.S. Trust Territories?
Baseball