SSW #27 Oceania

Which part of the Pacific Islands is south of the equator?

• Micronesia

• Melanesia

• Polynesia

What famous instrument did the Aborigines make from bamboo?

• didgeridoo

• boomarang

• catamaran

• Dreamtime

What did the Aborigines call their creation story?

• Didgeridoo

• Booomrang

• Dreamtime

• Aotearoa

What disease did the Europeans not bring to Australia?

• chickenpox

• smallpox

• influenza

• mumps

Which tribe is famous for the ta moko?

• Aborigines

• Maori

• Aoteraroa

• Papuas

Why did the Papua New Guinea tribes not have much contact with one another?

• They lived near high mountains and rough terrain.

• They lived on islands.

• They hated each other

• They lived in a very dense forest.

Who was the captain whose crew staged a mutiny?

• Capt. James Cook

• Capt. William Bligh

• Capt. C. Crunch

• Capt. William Hook

Who was the first European to discover Papua New Guinea?

• Jorge de Meneses

• James Cook

• William Bligh

• Able Tashman

Where do historians believe that the migrating people from Asia first landed in Oceania?

• Papua New Guinea

• Fiji and Tahiti

• Hawaii

• Tonga and Samoa

Where is the world's largest coral reef?

• Queensland, Australia

• Samoa, Africa

• Tahiti

• Sandwich Islands