Question 1

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)  50F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

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 aboveF) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 3

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 aboveF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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 aboveF) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 5

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 aboveF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

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 aboveF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

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 aboveF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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 aboveF) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

What percentage of Australia is urban?

Accepted Answer

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

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 aboveF) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 11

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 aboveF) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

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 aboveF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

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 aboveF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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 TreatyF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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 CaledoniaF) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

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 aboveF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

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)  1990sF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 18

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 percentF) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 19

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)  FijiF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

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 aboveF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Exam 11: Oceania

What is the average Indigenous population in the Pacific Islands?

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

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What percentage of Australia is urban?

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After 1973,immigrants to Australia came from which country?

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

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What forms the Pacific Garbage Patch?

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What was blackbirding?

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

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What does the Antarctic Treaty ban?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Which of the following was formerly a British colony?

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

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

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

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Which of the following is an example of ecological imperialism?

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