Quiz on Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region

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Quiz on Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region

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Answer these questions about Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region.

1. Most of the larger cities in Australia are located:


a) on the north-west coast.

b) in the interior, fairly centrally located.

c) all over the continent.

d) along the eastern seaboard.

e) none of the above.

2. Australia's population distribution is mainly peripheral in location and:


a) evenly distributed.

b) highly clustered.

c) mostly northerly in location.

d) mostly interior in location.

e) mostly western in location.

3. Australia is marked by a vast arid and semiarid interior, extensive open plain lands, and:


a) tropical periphery

b) arid periphery.

c) grassland periphery.

d) marginal moister peripheral zones.

e) none of the above.

4. Australia and New Zealand's antipodes would be:


a) Japan.

b) SE Asia.

c) Hawaii.

d) South Africa.

e) northwest Europe.

5. Australia's indigenous Aborigine population was almost completely submerged by the European invasion, and is now:


a) numerically small and participates only slightly in modern society.

b) a major part of Australian society.

c) numerically large.

d) an important element of Australian population and society.

e) none of the above.

6. The major city of New Zealand is:


a) Dunedin.

b) Nelson.

c) Greymouth

d) Westport

e) Auckland.

7. New Zealand's population is:


a) mainly white with a small but growing percentage of indigenous people.

b) ethnically diverse.

c) growing very quickly and will double in population by the year 2000.

d) is being effected by a large number of immigrants.

e) none of the above.

8. A distiction is made between so-called 'high island cultures' and 'low island cultures' in the Pacific Realm. 'High island cultures' refer to the:


a) resource rich islands that depend on tourism.

b) drought-plagued coral islands where fishing is the chief mode of subsistence.

c) better-watered volcanic islands where agriculture is the mainstay.

d) islands that have greater western influence.

e) the rich people that run the land.

9. The most populated part of Melanesia is:


a) Hawaii.

b) Fiji.

c) Tonga.

d) Guam.

e) Papua New Guinea.

10. A common problem that plagues many of the islands in the Pacific World is:


a) pollution.

b) atomic fallout.

c) declining fish population.

d) a lack of fresh water.

e) none of the above.

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Submitted by Patrick Lehr on 06/01/98.

1.	Most of the larger cities in Australia are located:

	a)	on the north-west coast.
	b)	in the interior, fairly centrally located.
	c)	all over the continent.
	d)	along the eastern seaboard.
	e)	none of the above.


2.	Australia's population distribution is mainly peripheral in location and:

	a)	evenly distributed.
	b)	highly clustered.
	c)	mostly northerly in location.
	d)	mostly interior in location.
	e)	mostly western in location.


3.	Australia is marked by a vast arid and semiarid interior, extensive open plain lands, and:

	a)	tropical periphery
	b)	arid periphery.
	c)	grassland periphery.
	d)	marginal moister peripheral zones.
	e)	none of the above.


4.	Australia and New Zealand's antipodes would be:

	a)	Japan.
	b)	SE Asia.
	c)	Hawaii.
	d)	South Africa.
	e)	northwest Europe.


5.	Australia's indigenous Aborigine population was almost completely submerged by the European invasion, and is now:

	a)	numerically small and participates only slightly in modern society.
	b)	a major part of Australian society.
	c)	numerically large.
	d)	an important element of Australian population and society.
	e)	none of the above.


6.	The major city of New Zealand is:

	a)	Dunedin.
	b)	Nelson.
	c)	Greymouth
	d)	Westport
	e)	Auckland.


7.	New Zealand's population is:

	a)	mainly white with a small but growing percentage of indigenous people.
	b)	ethnically diverse.
	c)	growing very quickly and will double in population by the year 2000.
	d)	is being effected by a large number of immigrants.
	e)	none of the above.


8.	A distiction is made between so-called 'high island cultures' and 'low island cultures' in the Pacific Realm. 'High island cultures' refer to the:

	a)	resource rich islands that depend on tourism.
	b)	drought-plagued coral islands where fishing is the chief mode of subsistence.
	c)	better-watered volcanic islands where agriculture is the mainstay.
	d)	islands that have greater western influence.
	e)	the rich people that run the land.


9.	The most populated part of Melanesia is:

	a)	Hawaii.
	b)	Fiji.
	c)	Tonga.
	d)	Guam.
	e)	Papua New Guinea.


10.	A common problem that plagues many of the islands in the Pacific World is:

	a)	pollution.
	b)	atomic fallout.
	c)	declining fish population.
	d)	a lack of fresh water.
	e)	none of the above.