Austrailia & Oceania

How does the Australian Outback influence human settlement patterns?

• there are many towns in the Outback

• the Outback is heavily populated

• the Outback is lightly populated with a few towns

• there is no population in the Outback

The physical geography of Oceania has caused societies in the region to -

• disappear

• become separated from one another

• become isolated on various islands

• grow larger in number

Which physical process is responsible for the formation of islands in the Pacific Ocean?

• land tremors

• Coastal shifts

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

Which geographic formation is shown in the picture? and is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

• The Outback

• Aurora Australis

• Ayers Rock

• The Great Barrier Reef

Which two oceans is Australia located in? 

• Atlantic and pacific 
• Pacific and Indian 
• Artic ocean 

Originally the first people of British decent who settled in Australia in the 1800s were 

• convicts
• religious fanatics
• explorers
• None of the answerss

Australia is a _____ ?

• Continent

• British Commonwealth

• Country

• All are true

What season is it in Australia in December

• fall

• spring

• winter

• summer

What type of island is ring of coral islands and reefs surrounded by a shallow body of water

• continental island

• atoll

• lagoon

• volcanic island

What type of island was once a part of a larger continent that broke off

• continental island

• volcanic island

• atoll

• lagoon