Oceania Pre-Assessment

Level 1

A large volcanic crater

• caldera

• lagoon

• atoll

• artesian well

Level 1

People who left eastern Polynesia and settled the islands of New Zealand around A.D. 1200.

• Maori

• Aborigine

• Strine

• Clans

Level 1

Dried coconut meat used to feed grazing animals

• copra

• pidgin

• bush

• maize

Level 1

Type of island where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions still happen

• high island

• low island

• coral reefs

• atoll

Level 1

ring-shaped islands shaped by volcanoes formed by a buildup of coral reefs on the rim of submerged volcanoes

• low islands

• high islands

• coral reefs

• lagoons

Level 2

Why is most of Australia unsuitable for agriculture?

• The land is too dry

• The soil is made up of clay

• The soil is made up of volcanic ash

• The terrain too mountainous and rugged

Level 2

One of the causes of increased salinity in the Murray-Darling River Basin is

• chemical fertilizers and agricultural runoff

• the merging of seawater with catch basins

• the use of irrigated water from the Great Artesian Basin

• the replacement of native vegetation with non-native crops

Level 2

In the 1990's, the U.S. government provided funds to repair the damage caused by __________ Oceania.

• nuclear testing

• major oil spill

• acid rain

• Agent Orange

Level 2

After the German Empire was defeated in World War I, most of the territories in the Pacific came under the control of ___________

• the United States

• the United Kingdom

• Japan

• China

Level 2

Where are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions most likely to occur in Oceania?

• atolls

• coral reefs

• high islands

• barrier reefs