Australia and Oceania

The invention above has helped to

• assign seats on a plane

• make air travel safer

• allow Wi-Fi on flights

• let planes land smoothly

One distinct way the Maori tell stories of their families or tribes is through

• facial piercings

• cave drawings

• facial tattoos

• sign language

 Which group number represents some popular sports in Australia?

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

The Australian Aborigines and many small Oceania countries’ economies are -

• free enterprise

• command

• traditional

• non-existent

The table above shows examples of New Zealand’s -

• luau

• wayfinding

• suffrage

• kiwi slang

 New Zealand and Australia are both constitutional monarchies and therefore consider -

• the king and queen to be dictators

• the government to be limited in power

• normal for the king to limit internet access

• government to be unlimited in power

The Outback is made up of arid or semiarid, open land, that is often undeveloped. From space we see it as a vast reddish landscape. One can fly roughly 2,000 miles between Sydney and Darwin without seeing anything but the most-scattered and tiny signs of human habitation.

 What is a direct result of the conditions described in the above passage?

• Water from the Sydney Harbor is pumped to the area

• Most Australians tend to live along the coast

• The area is used as a nuclear testing site

• Australia is one of the poorest countries in the world

Which country was the first to support the image above?

• the United States

• Australia

• New Zealand

• Germany

It was used chiefly by the Aboriginals of Australia for hunting and during war.  The Aboriginals often would paint or carve designs on the device to show their traditions.  Today competitions that measure speed and distance, as well as accuracy are held regularly throughout Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan.

What is being described in the passage?

• the boomerang

• the didgeridoo

• the pacemaker

• the wayfinder

What conclusion can be drawn about New Zealand’s economic development?

• Level 1 - developed

• Level 2 - developing

• Level 3 – underdeveloped

• Level 4 – non-existent