Oceania Unit

Check off the benefits of the Outback Way

• better and faster travel

• new jobs

• more opportunities for education

• deforestation

How were Aboriginal people able to survive in the "Outback"?

• They were self-sufficent and lived off of the land and made many materials out of different things

• They were helped by the European immigrants who taught them how to sheep farm

• Aboriginal people could not survive in the Outback so they moved to the coast

• Aboriginal tribes joined together to form a government to address issues

Is "the Outback" in Australia more related to the politics, economics geography or society of Australia?

• politics

• economics

• geography

• society

What physical landform is created through the physical process of weathering and erosion?

• volcanos

• mountains

• coral reefs

• trees

What is an atoll?

• a mountain

• low island with corral rings

• a set of islands

• a canyon

Volcanic activity can create what physical feature?

• high islands

• coral reefs

• trees

• fjord

What physical formation is tectonic plate movement responsible for?

• coral reefs

• glaciers

• continental islands

• none of these

What environmental issues is Papua New Guinea concerned about due to their physical environment?

• deforestation

• oil drilling

• desertification

• melting ice caps iff the coast

Why is sheep farming popular in New Zealand?

• the green plains and fair climate

• sheeps came from New Zealand

• the government gives extra tax breaks to sheep farmers

• the mountains and warm climate

Does New Zealand's use of 3 official languages show cultural convergence or cultural divergence?

• cultural convergence

• cultural divergence