Ch. 25 Oceania Review

The smallest inhabited island nation in Oceania is Samoa.

• True

• False-Naura

Once Europeans began colonizing Oceania in the 1600s, colonists and native people lived together peacefully.

• True

• False-Clashed violently

Life in the villages of Oceania is based on tradition.

• True

• False-depends on what is popular at the time.

Mining and farming provide jobs for many people in Papua New Guinea.

• True

• False-Teaching and fishing

The countries of Oceania often need to buy food, energy resources, and raw materials from other countries.

• True

• False-sell to other countries

People from areas such as the Philippines and Indonesia settled the islands of Oceania over a period of many centuries.

• True

• False-few centuries

In general, the lowlands and coastal plains of Papua New Guinea have higher population densities than the highland area.

• True

• False-highands have higher populations than the lowland and coastal plains.

A simplified language that is used for communication between people who speak different languages is called a dialect.

• True

• False-pigdin

Crops grown or gathered to sell for profit are called cash crops.

• True

• False-subsistence farming

Most islands in Oceania export far more than they import.

• True

• False-import more than they export