Australia & Oceania Test Review

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 widows in a settlement colony.

In both New Zealand and Australia, most people live ____________________________.

• in the north.

• in the southwest.

• in the interior.

• along the coasts.

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

When the Commonwealth of Australia was formed, it was a dominion. This means that it was _____________________.

• a colony of Great Britain.

• a self-governing country within the British Empire.

• a semi-independent country ruled by both British and Australian leaders.

• a semi-independent country ruled by British leaders elected by Australians.

The Stolen Generations refers to

• all Aborigines, who lost their land and were marginalized by European settlement.

• Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were removed from their families by the government and then given to white families to be raised.

• orphaned Australian and Torres Strait Islander children who were raised in orphanages operated by European missionaries.

• Aboriginal and Maori children who were removed from their families and placed with foster families and in boarding schools.

A major cause of deforestation in New Zealand is

• droughts.

• forest fires and floods.

• clearing land for agriculture.

• converting forests to pastures.

The mission of Caring for Our Country is to _____________________.

• foster economic development in Australia.

• promote free trade between Australia and New Zealand.

• conserve and restore Australia’s environmental and natural resources.

• improve relations between Aborigines and Australians of European descent.

One of the main goals of the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement is to ____________________.

• form a partnership similar to the European Union.

• encourage minority participation in economic trade.

• eliminate trade barriers between Australia and New Zealand.

• foster trade with Asian, European, and American countries.

One of the successes of the World Wildlife Fund is

• the passage of the Resources Management Act in New Zealand.

• the prohibition of broad-scale land clearance in Queensland, Australia.

• the reforestation of Kaingaroa Forest in New Zealand.

• the restoration of the Murray-Darling River Basin in Australia.