Australia and Oceania Test

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

Largest standing rock located at the center of Australia

• Sydney

• Great Britain

• Uluru

• Outback

What are the native humans of Australia called?

• Indians

• The Aborigines

• The Māori

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

When thinking about food, how have humans living in Oceania adapted to the environment?

• depend on fishing

• live near water

• became vegetarians

• don't eat fish

what are the native people of New Zealand called?

• the Aboriginals

• The Māori

• Indians

Where are most Australian Urban Centers located?

• Along the Coast

• In the Outback

• Only in the nation's capital

• there are not any urban centers

The table above shows examples of New Zealand’s -

• luau

• wayfinding

• suffrage

• kiwi slang

How does the Australian Outback influence human settlement patterns?

• there are many towns in the Outback

• the Outback is heavily populated

• the Outback is lightly populated with a few towns

• there is no population in the Outback