Question 1

What forms the Pacific Garbage Patch?

Accepted Answer

A) plastic waste carried into gyres 
B) plastic waste pulled into tsunami 
C) dead zones along coastal regions 
D) acidification of the ocean 
E) all of the above 
A) plastic waste carried into gyres 
B) plastic waste pulled into tsunami 
C) dead zones along coastal regions 
D) acidification of the ocean 
E) all of the above

Question 2

During what decade of the twentieth century did Australia and New Zealand decide to dramatically reduce government intervention and regulation of the economy?

Accepted Answer

A) 1950s 
B) 1960s 
C) 1970s 
D) 1980s 
E) 1990s 
A) 1950s 
B) 1960s 
C) 1970s 
D) 1980s 
E) 1990s

Question 3

What does the Antarctic Treaty ban?

Accepted Answer

A) mineral and oil exploration 
B) nuclear testing 
C) tourism 
D) mineral and oil exploration and nuclear testing 
E) all of the above 
A) mineral and oil exploration 
B) nuclear testing 
C) tourism 
D) mineral and oil exploration and nuclear testing 
E) all of the above

Question 4

What is a major source of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emission?

Accepted Answer

A) carbon dioxide from fossil fuels 
B) methane from livestock 
C) industrial fluorinated gases 
D) nitrous oxide 
E) none of the above 
A) carbon dioxide from fossil fuels 
B) methane from livestock 
C) industrial fluorinated gases 
D) nitrous oxide 
E) none of the above

Question 5

After 1973,immigrants to Australia came from which country?

Accepted Answer

A) Vietnam 
B) Hong Kong 
C) Philippines 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above 
A) Vietnam 
B) Hong Kong 
C) Philippines 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Question 6

Which country in Oceania is most vulnerable to ozone depletion and suffers high levels of skin cancer?

Accepted Answer

A) Australia 
B) New Zealand 
C) Papua New Guinea 
D) Solomon Islands 
E) Fiji 
A) Australia 
B) New Zealand 
C) Papua New Guinea 
D) Solomon Islands 
E) Fiji

Question 7

What percentage of Australia is urban?

Accepted Answer

A) 70% 
B) 45% 
C) 98% 
D) 67% 
E) 89% 
A) 70% 
B) 45% 
C) 98% 
D) 67% 
E) 89%

Question 8

What was blackbirding?

Accepted Answer

A) exotic birds decimated by European species 
B) Kanaka people kidnapped and enslaved 
C) colonial policies against Aboriginal people in Australia 
D) missionary influence on local leaders and law 
E) none of the above 
A) exotic birds decimated by European species 
B) Kanaka people kidnapped and enslaved 
C) colonial policies against Aboriginal people in Australia 
D) missionary influence on local leaders and law 
E) none of the above

Question 9

One of the most serious ecological disasters in Australia was the introduction of the ________ to Australia in 1859.

Accepted Answer

A) European dingo 
B) European rabbit 
C) Moa 
D) European honey bee 
E) none of the above 
A) European dingo 
B) European rabbit 
C) Moa 
D) European honey bee 
E) none of the above

Question 10

The climate of ________ is dominated by the westerly wind belt and frequent rain storms.

Accepted Answer

A) Australia 
B) New Zealand 
C) New Guinea 
D) Polynesia 
E) none of the above 
A) Australia 
B) New Zealand 
C) New Guinea 
D) Polynesia 
E) none of the above

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of ecological imperialism?

Accepted Answer

A) duck billed platypus 
B) brown tree snake 
C) red kangaroo 
D) Tasmanian wolf 
E) none of the above 
A) duck billed platypus 
B) brown tree snake 
C) red kangaroo 
D) Tasmanian wolf 
E) none of the above

Question 12

What is the average Indigenous population in the Pacific Islands?

Accepted Answer

A) 90 percent 
B) 80 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 60 percent 
E) 50 percent 
A) 90 percent 
B) 80 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 60 percent 
E) 50 percent

Question 13

Which of the following countries did not become independent after WW II?

Accepted Answer

A) New Caledonia 
B) Papua New Guinea 
C) Fiji 
D) Western Samoa 
E) none of the above 
A) New Caledonia 
B) Papua New Guinea 
C) Fiji 
D) Western Samoa 
E) none of the above

Question 14

What document delineates the relationship and land rights between the British Crown and Maori people?

Accepted Answer

A) Treaty of Raratonga 
B) Treaty of Waitangi 
C) Antarctic Treaty 
D) Law of the Sea 
E) Maori-British Treaty 
A) Treaty of Raratonga 
B) Treaty of Waitangi 
C) Antarctic Treaty 
D) Law of the Sea 
E) Maori-British Treaty

Question 15

Which Pacific Island has the highest quality phosphate in the world from guano deposits?

Accepted Answer

A) Fiji 
B) Vanuatu 
C) Nauru 
D) Solomon Islands 
E) New Caledonia 
A) Fiji 
B) Vanuatu 
C) Nauru 
D) Solomon Islands 
E) New Caledonia

Question 16

Australia is one of the most arid places on earth,with two-thirds of the country receiving less than ________ inches of rainfall annually.

Accepted Answer

A) 30 
B) 20 
C) 35 
D) 40 
E) 50 
A) 30 
B) 20 
C) 35 
D) 40 
E) 50

Question 17

What New Zealand species was hunted to extinction by the Maori?

Accepted Answer

A) kauri 
B) beech 
C) kiwi 
D) moa 
E) none of the above 
A) kauri 
B) beech 
C) kiwi 
D) moa 
E) none of the above

Question 18

Which of the following are threats to the Great Barrier Reef?

Accepted Answer

A) coral bleaching 
B) sediment pollution 
C) shipping accidents 
D) large net fishing 
E) all of the above 
A) coral bleaching 
B) sediment pollution 
C) shipping accidents 
D) large net fishing 
E) all of the above

Question 19

What is the Aboriginal worldview that links people to ancestors and the past to the present?

Accepted Answer

A) corroboree 
B) hongi 
C) Waking life 
D) Dreamtime 
E) none of the above 
A) corroboree 
B) hongi 
C) Waking life 
D) Dreamtime 
E) none of the above

Question 20

Which of the following was formerly a British colony?

Accepted Answer

A) Australia 
B) New Zealand 
C) Papua New Guinea 
D) Australia and New Zealand 
E) all of the above 
A) Australia 
B) New Zealand 
C) Papua New Guinea 
D) Australia and New Zealand 
E) all of the above

What forms the Pacific Garbage Patch?

During what decade of the twentieth century did Australia and New Zealand decide to dramatically reduce government intervention and regulation of the economy?

What does the Antarctic Treaty ban?

What is a major source of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emission?

After 1973,immigrants to Australia came from which country?

Which country in Oceania is most vulnerable to ozone depletion and suffers high levels of skin cancer?

What percentage of Australia is urban?

What was blackbirding?

One of the most serious ecological disasters in Australia was the introduction of the ________ to Australia in 1859.

The climate of ________ is dominated by the westerly wind belt and frequent rain storms.

Which of the following is an example of ecological imperialism?

What is the average Indigenous population in the Pacific Islands?

Which of the following countries did not become independent after WW II?

What document delineates the relationship and land rights between the British Crown and Maori people?

Which Pacific Island has the highest quality phosphate in the world from guano deposits?

Australia is one of the most arid places on earth,with two-thirds of the country receiving less than ________ inches of rainfall annually.

What New Zealand species was hunted to extinction by the Maori?

Which of the following are threats to the Great Barrier Reef?

What is the Aboriginal worldview that links people to ancestors and the past to the present?

Which of the following was formerly a British colony?

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Exam 11: Oceania

What forms the Pacific Garbage Patch?

During what decade of the twentieth century did Australia and New Zealand decide to dramatically reduce government intervention and regulation of the economy?

What does the Antarctic Treaty ban?

What is a major source of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emission?

After 1973,immigrants to Australia came from which country?

Which country in Oceania is most vulnerable to ozone depletion and suffers high levels of skin cancer?

What percentage of Australia is urban?

What was blackbirding?

One of the most serious ecological disasters in Australia was the introduction of the ________ to Australia in 1859.

The climate of ________ is dominated by the westerly wind belt and frequent rain storms.

Which of the following is an example of ecological imperialism?

What is the average Indigenous population in the Pacific Islands?

Which of the following countries did not become independent after WW II?

What document delineates the relationship and land rights between the British Crown and Maori people?

Which Pacific Island has the highest quality phosphate in the world from guano deposits?

Australia is one of the most arid places on earth,with two-thirds of the country receiving less than ________ inches of rainfall annually.

What New Zealand species was hunted to extinction by the Maori?

Which of the following are threats to the Great Barrier Reef?

What is the Aboriginal worldview that links people to ancestors and the past to the present?

Which of the following was formerly a British colony?

World Regions in Global Context

Europe

The Russian Federation, central Asia, and the Transcaucasus

Middle East and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

The United States and Canada

Latin America and the Caribbean

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Filters