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Southeast Asia & Pacific World Vocabulary & Timeline Quiz
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Great Britain begins to send convicts to penal colony in New South Wales, Australia.
1815
1850s
1788
1769
2
the loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming
sustainable development
shifting cultivation
deforestation
reforestation
3
Aborigines spread throughout Australia and Tasmania.
1200s
40,000 B.C.
1642
20,000 B.C.
4
planting/cultivating of new trees in effort to restore a forest that has been damaged.
deforestation
shifting cultivation
reforestation
sustainable development
5
the indigenous people of Australia
Aborigine
Maori
boomerang
clan
6
spiral-shaped tropical storm with strong winds & heavy rain; western South Pacific/Indian Ocean
typhoon
cyclone
tsunami
biodiversity
7
the limestone skeleton of a tiny sea animal
artesian well
caldera
lagoon
coral
8
Ho Chi Minh founds the Indo-Chinese Communist Party in Vietnam.
1941-1945
1935
1850s-1890s
1930
9
a place where goods can be unloaded, stored, or reshipped free of import duties
free port
shatter belt
emerging market
buffer zone
10
U.S.A. begins nuclear weapons testing in Marshall Islands; islanders are forced to evacuate.
1994
1946
1970s
1962
11
The U.S.A. creates a plan for Philippine independence, which eventually takes place in 1946.
1946
1935
1948
1941-1945
12
reef made up of fragments of corals, coral sands, algal & organic deposits; solid limestone
trust territory
coral reef
high island
low island
13
First Spaniards arrive in what they later name Philippines in honor of heir to Spanish throne.
1602
1850s-1890s
1930
1521
14
Cambodia becomes independent, led by King Norodom Sihanouk.
1948
1954
1953
1946
15
a well that brings pressurized water to the surface without pumping
lagoon
coral
caldera
artesian well
16
an Australian ranch
copra
station
grazier
Strine
17
a high mountain range that has become submerged
sunken mountains
atoll
bush
caldera
18
Increase Chinese immigration leads to anti-Chinese legislation in Australian colony of Victoria
1901
1855
1850s
1888
19
economy wasnt very strong in the recent past, but is in transition to becoming stronger market
shatter belt
emerging market
free port
buffer zone
20
French colonial rule established in Indochina; United States wins Philippines from Spain.
1941
1850s-1890s
1930
1935
21
Severe restrictions on Chinese immigration are enacted in Australia.
1888
1855
1850s
1901
22
Population of the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) declines dramatically.
1874
1870s
1899
1880
23
a New Zealand rancher
station
Strine
grazier
copra
24
Gold rush in Victoria draws thousands to Australia, increasing the population by 300 percent.
1815
1850s
1888
1855
25
Republic of Palau becomes independent state.
1946
1962
1970s
1994
26
European navigators first contact the peoples of Oceania.
1870s
1830s
1874
1600s-1700s
27
First Aborigines arrive in Australia from Southeast Asia.
40,000 B.C.
1642
1200s
20,000 B.C.
28
sense of a being part of the whole of a country; its culture, traditions, language, & politics
pidgin
dominion
national identity
Strine
29
Western Samoa becomes first colony in Oceania to become independent.
1962
1994
1946
1970s
30
Great Britain transers control of British New Guinea to Australia.
1941-1945
1946
1906
1962
31
an island formed by the buildup of coral reefs on the rim of submerged volcanoes
high island
low island
trust territory
coral reef
32
a group of close-knit interrelated families
Aborigine
clan
boomerang
Maori
33
First British missionaries arrive in New Zealand with goal of converting Maori to Christianity.
1888
1850s
1855
1815
34
any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time
climate change
ocean warming
trust territory
pidgin
35
an Australian throwing stick that soars and curves in flight and returns near the thrower
clan
Aborigine
Maori
boomerang
36
Burma becomes independent; U Nu becomes first prime minister.
1948
1946
1953
1954
37
Japan invades and occupies most of Southeast Asia during World War II.
1948
1941-1945
1946
1935
38
France reimposes protectorate over Indochina; communist guerrillas rise up in Vietnam.
1954
1953
1946
1948
39
a large volcanic crater
atoll
sunken mountains
caldera
bush
40
a wild or sparsely inhabited region
caldera
bush
atoll
sunken mountains
41
After independence, civil war occurs in Laos; Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, followed by war
1948
1953
1946
1954
42
a group of people related by blood or marriage
ocean warming
trust territory
kinship group
climate change
43
a cyclone that occurs in the western North Pacific Ocean (west of the International Date Line)
tsunami
biodiversity
cyclone
typhoon
44
the indigenous people of New Zealand
boomerang
clan
Maori
Aborigine
45
a ring-shaped island formed by the buildup of coral reefs on the rim of submerged volcanoes
atoll
sunken mountains
caldera
bush
46
Dutch colonists begin to settle Indonesia in order to control the spice trade.
1602
1930
1501
1850s-1890s
47
dried coconut meat fed to animal herds
station
copra
grazier
Strine
48
Australian English that has a unique vocabulary made up of Aboriginal words.
dominion
pidgin
national identity
Strine
49
Fiji becomes a British crown colony at the request of its chiefs.
1874
1899
1880
1870s
50
British captain James Cook explores New Zealand coastline.
1815
1850s
1769
1788
51
Germany buys Palau from Spain. Germany and the United States divide Samoa between them.
1906
1880
1941-1945
1899
52
an island with mountain ranges and volcanic soils
high island
coral reef
trust territory
low island
53
rise in the temperature of the ocean water
trust territory
ocean warming
pidgin
climate change
54
a grammatically simplified form of a language
dominion
national identity
Strine
pidgin
55
a neutral area serving to separate powerful countries or those that are hostile to each other
shatter belt
emerging market
buffer zone
free port
56
a largely self-governing country within the British Empire
dominion
pidgin
national identity
Strine
57
European missionaries arrive in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga to convert population to Christianity.
1874
1600s-1700s
1870s
1830s
58
area of ground is cleared of vegetation, used for a few years, then abandoned move to new area
deforestation
reforestation
sustainable development
shifting cultivation
59
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European known to reach New Zealand.
1769
1642
1788
1200s
60
technological & economic growth that does not deplete human & natural resources of a given area
deforestation
reforestation
sustainable development
shifting cultivation
61
Japanese forces occupy Kiribati/Marshall Islands/Micronesia/Nauru/Palau/Papua New Guinea/Tuvalu
1962
1906
1946
1941-1945
62
dangerous large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake, or a volcanic eruption,
biodiversity
cyclone
tsunami
typhoon
63
the diverse life forms in a habitat or ecosystem
cyclone
biodiversity
typhoon
tsunami
64
Germany takes control over part of New Guinea, Marshall Islands, and Nauru.
1941-1945
1899
1880
1906
65
The Commonwealth of Australia is established.
1850s
1855
1901
1888
66
a shallow lake that is intermittently connected to a river, another lake, or the sea
coral
artesian well
lagoon
caldera
67
Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Kiribati, & Marshall Islands become independent.
1946
1970s
1962
1994
68
Maori arrive in New Zealand from different parts of eastern Polynesia.
1769
1200s
1642
1788
69
a region where political alliances are constantly splintering and fracturing based on ethnicity
shatter belt
buffer zone
free port
emerging market
70
a dependent area that the United Nations placed under the temporary control of another country
ocean warming
kinship group
trust territory
climate change
