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Pacific World

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following represents one goal of the idea known as the Pacific Way?

a)

To emphasize the unique regional identity of Oceania

b)

To suppress industrial development during the colonial era

c)

To be debt free as a region by 2020

d)

To design a regional framework for western style development

2.

Which of the following statements provides the most accurate description of the composition of the populations of Australia and New Zealand since the 1990s?

a)

The proportion of people of European descent is increasing

b)

The percentage of Asians is declining

c)

The population of people claiming indigenous roots is declining

d)

Ethnic diversity is increasing

3.

Which of the following terms describes most of the animal life in present day New Zealand?

a)

Introduced

b)

Native

c)

Extinct

d)

Endemic

4.

Where did rugby originate?

a)

The United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

Australia & New Zealand

d)

The Pacific Islands

5.

The Marshall Islands are part of Melanesia.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Micronesia’s location can be described as the small islands east of the Philippines and north of the equator.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

There is very little tectonic plate movement in the Pacific Islands.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Since the first recorded contact between Europeans and Pacific peoples ended badly, there was no further interaction.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

All of Australia’s river flows totaled together equal one year of the Amazon’s average flow.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The “Pacific Way” is the direction of the ITCZ as it pushes south by the winter monsoon.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The American colonies were used as a penal colony for the British prior to the American Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Ayers Rock (Uluru) is located

a)

off the northeast coast of Australia

b)

in central Australia

c)

close to Sydney, one of Australia's major cities

d)

along the Rabbit Proof fence

13.

The Great Barrier Reef is located

a)

off the northeast coast of Australia

b)

in central Australia

c)

close to Sydney, one of Australia's major cities

d)

along the Rabbit Proof fence

14.

Jigalong is located

a)

off the northeast coast of Australia

b)

in central Australia

c)

close to Sydney, one of Australia's major cities

d)

along the Rabbit Proof fence

15.

The closest island/s to Japan are

a)

The Northern Mariana Islands

b)

French Polynesia

c)

Guam

d)

The Federated States of Micronesia