Exam 11: Oceania

Despite their proximity to the "Pacific Ring of Fire," none of the islands in the region of Oceania is volcanic in origin.

How many languages are spoken in the Vanuatu island chain?

What is the name of the longest coral reef in the world?

Which phrase is used by Aborigines to describe the time of creation when the human spiritual connections to rivers, rocks, and deserts were made clear?

What country in the region had two female prime ministers since 1997?

Austronesians were the first people to settle the Pacific.

The youngest volcanoes of Oceania are located on or near the islands known as:

Aoteroa is another name for:

The idealized image perpetuated about males in New Zealand and Australia is usually associated with the image of "family man" and "9-to-5 worker."

All of the following are alternative sources of energy being used or developed in Oceania, EXCEPT:

A low-lying island, or chain of islets, formed of coral reefs that have built up on the circular oval rim of a submerged volcano is called a(n) ___________.

During an El Niño event, New Guinea, Australia, and much of the rest of Oceania receive less rainfall than they do under normal conditions.

Melanesians are named for their high levels of what protective skin pigment?

Which of the following is the dominant land use in Australia, consuming more than 15 percent of all land?

During the early 1900s, migrants from what world region were not allowed into Australia and New Zealand?

The initial Europeans who settled Australia were seeking religious freedom.

The Great Barrier Reef is the longest coral reef in the world.

What was the impact on the Hawaiian economy of the September 11, 2001, attacks?

As Oceania has oriented itself toward Asia, the major export sectors in Australia and New Zealand, including cattle, dairy, and coal producers, have increasingly lost business to higher-tech competitors from Asia.

Australia leads the world in exports of sheep and cattle.