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Fiji

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

a)

Fiji

b)

Japan

c)

Philippines

2.

The majority of Fiji's islands formed through _______________ activity starting around 150 million years ago.

a)

volcanic

b)

oceanic

c)

tectonic

3.

Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific thanks to its abundant _______, _____, and ______resources.

a)

forest/mineral/fish

b)

oil/tourism/finances

c)

farms/agriculture/tourism

4.

Located in the central ___________, Fiji's geography has made it both a destination and a crossroads for migrations for many centuries.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

5.

_____________ from Fijian towns shows that Fiji was settled by Austronesian peoples before or around 3500 to 1000 BC.

a)

Archaeology

b)

Pottery art

c)

A mummy

6.

The nations and territories predominantly populated by Austronesian-speaking peoples are known collectively as _______________________.

a)

Melanesia

b)

Indonesia

c)

Austronesia

7.

In Fiji, sandalwood was first harvested and exploited in the early 1800s by European settlers at Bua Bay in Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

______________ is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and, unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades.

a)

Aromatic Plant

b)

Sandalwood

c)

Orchid flower

9.

The climate in Fiji is ______________ and warm year round with minimal extremes.

a)

temperate marine

b)

cold marine

c)

tropical marine

10.

Fiji's culture is a rich mosaic of indigenous Fijian, Indo-Fijian, Asian and European traditions, comprising social polity, language, food, costume, belief systems, architecture, arts,___ , ____,____, and sports.

a)

craft/music/dance

b)

architecture/music/religion

c)

tourism/fishing/dance