SOUTH PACIFIC

The people of Oceania are known as

• Maori

• Aboriginal

• Polynesian

Why did people begin moving to Australia in the mid-1800s?

• Gold was found in Australia

• Great needed new land for military bases

• Australia was a prison colony

The people of Hawaii are Polynesian

• yes

• no

The first people to settle in Oceania originated from

• South America

• Japan

• Southeast Asia

• Australia

What group of people was sent to Australia beginning in the late-1700s?

• zoo keepers( they wanted kangaroos)

• gold diggers

• miners

• criminals

What animal in New Zealand was hunted to extinction

• Kiwis

• Moa

• Kangaroos

• Dingoes

Aboriginals who move from place to place following animals and searching for water are called

• travelers

• nomads

• hunter-gatherers

• wayfinders

Who was the British explorer who reached Australia, Hawaii, and circumnavigated New Zealand

• James Cook

• Abel Tasman

• Christopher Columbus

• Magellan

Which is NOT a reason that Europeans colonized Oceania?

• Oceania was a good place for military bases

• Oceania was uninhabited

• the island had great natural resources

• the islands were convenient stops for ships crossing the Pacific Ocean

Who were the first people to live in New Zealand?

• Polynesians

• Aboriginals

• Maori