Week 27 Oceania

Which part of the Pacific Islands is located north of the equator?

• Oceania

• Melanesia

• Micronesia

• Polynesia

The didgeridoo, a famous instrument of the Australian aborigines, is made from

• bamboo

• ivory

• metal

• bone

Which Polynesian culture calls their creation story Dreamtime?

• Maori

• Asaro Mudmen

• Papuans of New Guinea

• Aborigines

What do scientists consider the largest living structure made by organisms

• the dugong

• the Great Barrier Coral Reef

• the blue whale

• the elephant

Where did the crew of Captain Bligh's ship, the HMS Bounty, want to stay so badly that they mutinied?

• Hawaii

• Tahiti

• Australia

• New Zealand

Who was the first European to discover Papua New Guinea?

• James Cook

• Jorge De Meneses

• William Bligh

• Abel Tasman

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

• Tonga and Samoa

• Fiji

• Papua New Guinea

• Hawaii

Which disease brought by the Europeans caused the death of many of the native people on the islands of Oceania?

• allergies

• diabetes

• plague

• influenza

Which indigenous group is famous for their facial tattoos?

• Maori

• Asaro Mudmen

• Aborigines

• Papuans of New Guinea

Which country would make the best heading for the web above?

• New Zealand

• Tahiti

• Fiji

• Papua New Guinea