World Cultures: Unit 8 Test Review: Australia and the Pacific

Question 1

Many islanders depend on fishing because they do not have fertile land or mineral resources.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What group of people had strong religious beliefs, believing they had to care for the land?

Accepted Answer

The Aboriginals

Question 3

What is the region characterized by coral reefs made from the skeletons of sea creatures?

Accepted Answer

The Great Barrier Reef

Question 4

When Australia dry grasslands experience drought in the winter, what does this cause?

Accepted Answer

Wildfires

Question 5

Australia, New Zealand, and The US have similar governments because they were French colonies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Australia is now an independent nation that was a former British colony.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Most Pacific island nations are denied basic political rights like the freedom of speech.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What is the term for when you believe your culture is better than all other cultures?

Accepted Answer

Ethnocentrism

Question 9

What is a ring-shaped island formed as a result of erosion?

Accepted Answer

Atoll

Question 10

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized for the forced assimilation of the Aborigines in 2008.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What group of people crossed the ocean without compasses and used the stars and ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

The Polynesians

Question 12

Who were the first inhabitants of Australia?

Accepted Answer

The Aboriginals

Question 13

Most Pacific island nations are democracies with representative self-governments like the U.S.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Australia, The United States, and New Zealand all must vote by law.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Which country does NOT have the freedom of speech and religion?

Accepted Answer

Fiji

Question 16

Both Australia and New Zealand belong to the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What process created the landform Ayer's Rock?

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 18

Most Pacific island nations are unstable dictatorships.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

This picture is depicting a(n) _________________ in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Wildfire

Question 20

What is the correct order of regions that were settled from first to last?

Accepted Answer

Australia, Micronesia and Melanesia, and Polynesia.

Question 21

What is a region surrounding the Pacific Ocean and is characterized by earthquake activity.

Accepted Answer

The Ring of Fire

Question 22

What type of government has a Prime Minister who is elected by the legislature?

Accepted Answer

Parliamentary Democracy

Question 23

Who were the original inhabitants of New Zealand?

Accepted Answer

The Maori

Question 24

Compared to other island nations, Australia is least affected by the Ring of Fire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Ships are not allowed to go near the Great Barrier Reef because they could damage the reef.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What is the best description of the first Europeans in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Convicted criminals

Question 27

New Zealand is now an independent nation that was a former French colony.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Erosion is the physical process that results in an atoll.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

New Zealand is less likely to be affected by the Ring of Fire than Australia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

What is the term for when you take on the cultural traits of another culture?

Accepted Answer

Assimilation

Question 31

What effect do the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plates have on New Zealand?

Accepted Answer

Presence of volcanoes and earthquakes

Question 32

Australia's population density can be described as ___________________________.

Accepted Answer

A large land area and relatively small population

Question 33

Most Pacific island nations are denied basic political rights by their colonizers like the U.S.

Accepted Answer

False

World Cultures: Unit 8 Test Review: Australia and the Pacific

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World Cultures: Unit 8 Test Review: Australia and the Pacific

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