History of Australia & South Pacific

On the map, numbers 2 and 3 are which countries?

• Australia and Fiji

• Papua New Guinea and Hawaii

• New Zealand and Papua New Guinea

• New Zealand and Indonesia

How would you describe the climate of most of Australia?

• Dry and hot

• Cold and rainy

• Rainy and hot

• Tropical, like a rainforest

Original people of Australia

• Maori

• Aborigine

• Native American

• Aussie

The three regions of the Pacific are Polynesia, Micronesia, and ________ .

• New Zealand

• Melanesia

• Indonesia

• Thailand

True or false: Polynesians and Aborigines were both excellent farmers.

• True

• False

An enclosed area of land that functions as the "center of life" in the Maori culture

• Kupe

• Marae

• Melanesia

• Aborigine

The method of passing down cultural & historical background using spoken stories and songs

• Cuneiform

• Language

• Oral tradition

• Written expression

The method Polynesian sailors used to navigate, which relied on stars, clouds, waves and other natural occurrences

• Wayfinding

• GPS

• Echolocation

• Astral-navigation

Which European explorers navigated to the South Pacific? (select all that apply)

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• James Cook

• Hernán Cortés

The chronometer was an important tool used by James Cook, which helped him create what?

• GPS

• A map

• A colony in Australia

• Wayfinding