Oceania/Antarctica

The climate for most of the Pacific Islands is a

• humid continental

• desert

• humid tropical

• steppe climate

The only people who live in Antarctica are

• Scientists

• miners

• tourists

• military personnel

What climate does most of Antarctica have?

• highland

• polar desert

• steppe

• ice cap

Which Pacific island region includes Hawaii?

• SE Asia

• Micronesia

• the United States

• Polynesia

Which of these countries did not colonize land in the Pacific Islands?

• the United States

• Spain

• the Philippines

• Great Britain

Which activity is not banned in Antarctica?

• mining/drilling

• scientific research

• tourism

• military activity

Which of these most likely would immediately damage the ecosystems of Antarctica’s seas?

• global warming

• damage to the ozone layer

• whaling tours

• oil spills

A ring shaped island surrounding a lagoon is called a/an

• high island

• dominion

• atoll

• Territory

Which of these is not a similarity between Australia and Antarctica?

• Both are continents

• James Cook’s explorations

• climate types

• all of these are similarities

Which of these would be an effect of ozone layer depletion?

• Pollution

• oil spills

• higher possibility of skin cancer

• continental drift