Exam 11: Oceania

According to the textbook, which of the following constitutes the major form of environmental pollution caused by Australian mining companies operating in Papua New Guinea?

What type of agriculture is still common on the Pacific islands (such as Fiji) and the indigenous peoples of Australia or New Zealand?

Raw materials exports are of increasing prominence in the economies of Australia and New Zealand.

Australia and New Zealand have not supported U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The housewife role for women has almost entirely disappeared in New Zealand and Australia.

Today, very few Aboriginal people practice their own cultural traditions or live close to ancient homelands.

The national economies of New Zealand and Australia are based primarily on manufacturing and services.

The United States has ratified UNCLOS.

What was Australia's initial role in Britain's colonial system?

What industry is the largest in Hawaii and increasingly prominent in the economy of Oceania at large?

The Marshall Islands have not signed the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga, establishing the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.

What was established by the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga?

Which country in Oceania is NOT controlled by the United States?

Until quite recently, most people of European descent in Australia and New Zealand thought of themselves as Europeans in exile.

Agriculture was unknown to the early Melanesians.

The early Melanesians of Oceania survived mostly by hunting, gathering, and fishing.

The gulf found on Australia's northern coast is the:

High, wet islands are generally home to more species of flora and fauna than low, dry islands.

The Queen of England remains the titular head of government in both Australia and New Zealand.

Explain how the introduction of rabbits into Australia by European settlers affected native plant and animal species. How well did efforts to control the growth of the rabbit population work, and what were some of their unintended effects?