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32 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following describes the basic physical landscape of Australia’s large interior?
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Lowland desert
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What feature lies off of Australia’s northeastern coast and contributes to southeastern Australia’s mild climate by directing warm west-flowing currents to the south?
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Great Barrier Reef
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What does it mean that much of the plant and animal life in Oceania is endemic to the region, such as the wallaby to Australia?
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Many species exist there and nowhere else on earth
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Which of the following explains the lack of indigenous land mammals in New Zealand and the Pacific islands?
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They were never connected via land to the Eurasian landmass
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Which of the following terms describes most of the animal life of present-day New Zealand?
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Introduced
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What term refers to the Pacific islands north of the equator and east of the Philippines?
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Micronesia
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The concept of the noble savage, created by romanticists and used by Pacific explorers, is most accurately described in which of the following statements?
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Pacific peoples are primitive but untouched by corruption and moral debasement
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What European power colonized Australia and New Zealand?
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Britain
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The initial European settlement of what part of Oceania was the result of its designation as a penal colony?
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Australia
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During the three decades following World War II, what country was the dominant political power in the Pacific?
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United States
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Since the 1960s and early 1970s, what world region has emerged as a significant market for the products of Oceania’s countries, particularly Australia and New Zealand?
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Asia
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Which of the following figures represents the approximate total population of Oceania?
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30 million
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In what part of the country do most of Australia’s 19.9 million people live?
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Southeast coast
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What is the approximate rate of urbanization in Australia and New Zealand?
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85 percent
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Which best describes Oceania’s trends in population?
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Pacific islanders tend to have more children than Australians and New Zealanders
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By what name are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand known?
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Maori
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During the early 1900s, migrants from what world region were not allowed into Australia and New Zealand?
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Southeast Asia
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Prior to World War II, what country was the primary trading partner of both New Zealand and Australia?
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United Kingdom
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Which of the following statements provides the most accurate description of the composition of the populations of Australia and New Zealand in the 1990s?
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Ethnic diversity is increasing
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Asians constitute approximately what percentage of the population of Australia?
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Less than 10 percent
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Until the High Court voided such a view in 1993, what group of people was thought to have no prior claim to any land in Australia because they were considered to be “too primitive”?
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Aborigines
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The interpretation of the terms of the Waitangi Treaty by the British went against which of the following Maori beliefs?
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Land is not a tradable commodity
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The population of Fiji is roughly evenly divided between indigenous Fijians and Fijians of what ancestry?
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Indian
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What major New Zealand city has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world?
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Auckland
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What type of language is often used by traders and others who live in the Pacific islands?
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Pidgin
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According to the textbook, what type of activity represents the most resilient cultural link between the countries of Oceania?
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Sports competitions
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Which of the following is LEAST important to the national economies of Australia and New Zealand?
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Manufactured goods
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What country is Australia’s largest export market?
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Japan
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What type of product does Japan buy more of than any other Australian export?
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Raw materials
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What industry is the largest in Hawaii and increasingly prominent in the economy of Oceania at large?
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Tourism
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All EXCEPT which of the following represent increasingly important roles played by Asia in the societies and economies of Oceania.
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Supplier of raw materials
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The modest size of the manufacturing sector in both Australia and New Zealand is the result of which one of the following?
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Competition from Asian firms is stiff
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