Australia and the Pacific

Since most of the Pacific’s low islands have poor soil and few mineral or energy resources, they

• have relatively large populations.

• have relatively small populations.

• produce bananas and cacao.

• are mainly urban centers.

The early Aborigines were

• settled farmers.

• settled herders

• nomadic hunter-gatherers

• nomadic fishermen

Which group in Maori society was at the lowest level?

• Commoners

• Aristocrats

• Chiefs

• Slaves

In the mid-1800s, what event played a part in the large increase in British immigration to Australia?

• Aborigines moved to the Outback.

• British colonists discovered gold.

• British colonists were allowed to adopt Aboriginal children.

• Captain James Cook described the excellent ranch lands available.

In the early 1900s, who controlled most of the Pacific islands?

• The island nations, which set up independent governments in the Pacific

• France, Spain, Great Britain, Japan, and the U.S., which claimed Pacific colonies

• The descendents of Australia’s prison colony, who conquered the Pacific islands

• The Maori, who spread from New Zealand and the Cook Islands to the rest of the Pacific

A significant aspect of Australia’s environment is that Australia is the...

• driest inhabited continent.

• largest continent in the Pacific.

• planet’s most isolated continent.

• continent with the most animal species

Australia is governed by its parliament and an individual chosen by the parliament, who is known as the ___________

• monarch

• governor

• president

• prime minister

The interior of Australia, which is sparsely inhabited with low plateaus and plains is called

• The coral reef

• The Outback

• The atoll

• The Outer islands

What are the formations of rock-like material that are found in the ocean off Australia’s northeast coast?

• Ocean mountains

• Sea Plateaus

• coral reefs

• volcanic islands

The Polynesian islands vary widely and can be divided into

• sea islands and land islands.

• wet islands and dry islands.

• small islands and large islands

• high islands and low islands