Oceania 2023

Many of the earliest European residents of Australia were

• prisoners in a penal colony

• members of a religious sect

• people escaping political persecution

• orphans and windows in a settlement colony

In both New Zealand and Australia, most people live

• in the north

• in the south

• in the interior

• along the coast

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is threatened

• primarily by human activity

• primarily by climate change

• by both human activity and climate change.

• by human activity, climate change, and natural forces such as earthquakes

Aboriginal men used                      as their primary hunting weapon.

• knives

• spears

• boomerangs

• bows and arrows

Where did the United States conduct a series of nuclear tests that caused many islands to be declared off-limits for human inhabitance?

• Bikini Atoll

• the Hawaiian Islands

• Tahiti

• the Samoan Islands

Oceania comprises                       of islands.

• dozens

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

What phenomena has caused the garbage patch to form where it has in the Pacific Ocean?

• China does not regulate the dumping of plastic garbage.

• Ocean currents have not allowed the garbage to decompose.

• The ocean currents have caused the garbage to collect in the center of the Pacific Ocean.

• Wind blows plastic bags there.

Why have many low islands in Oceania developed plans to relocate their populations?

• because new sites for nuclear testing are needed

• because there are better economic opportunities elsewhere 

• because of severe soil erosion and deforestation

• because rising sea levels could submerge their land

Which of the following is NOT a region of Oceania?

• Micronesia

• Cambodia

• Polynesia

• Melanesia

The only country in Southeast Asia that DID NOT become a European colony was                       .

• Indonesia

• Cambodia

• Vietnam

• Thailand