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WorksheetsPacific World
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following represents one goal of the idea known as the Pacific Way?
To emphasize the unique regional identity of Oceania
To suppress industrial development during the colonial era
To be debt free as a region by 2020
To design a regional framework for western style development
Which of the following statements provides the most accurate description of the composition of the populations of Australia and New Zealand since the 1990s?
The proportion of people of European descent is increasing
The percentage of Asians is declining
The population of people claiming indigenous roots is declining
Ethnic diversity is increasing
Which of the following terms describes most of the animal life in present day New Zealand?
Introduced
Native
Extinct
Endemic
Where did rugby originate?
The United States
Great Britain
Australia & New Zealand
The Pacific Islands
The Marshall Islands are part of Melanesia.
True
False
Micronesia’s location can be described as the small islands east of the Philippines and north of the equator.
True
False
There is very little tectonic plate movement in the Pacific Islands.
True
False
Since the first recorded contact between Europeans and Pacific peoples ended badly, there was no further interaction.
True
False
All of Australia’s river flows totaled together equal one year of the Amazon’s average flow.
True
False
The “Pacific Way” is the direction of the ITCZ as it pushes south by the winter monsoon.
True
False
The American colonies were used as a penal colony for the British prior to the American Revolution.
True
False
Ayers Rock (Uluru) is located
off the northeast coast of Australia
in central Australia
close to Sydney, one of Australia's major cities
along the Rabbit Proof fence
The Great Barrier Reef is located
off the northeast coast of Australia
in central Australia
close to Sydney, one of Australia's major cities
along the Rabbit Proof fence
Jigalong is located
off the northeast coast of Australia
in central Australia
close to Sydney, one of Australia's major cities
along the Rabbit Proof fence
The closest island/s to Japan are
The Northern Mariana Islands
French Polynesia
Guam
The Federated States of Micronesia
