chapter 12 geography

A territorial sea is ______________. a) an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail b) a body of water completely surrounded by a state c) a small body of water that connects to larger bodies of water d) identical to the term high seas e) an area where a state has no rights to exploit minerals

a

Prior to independence, New Guinea was under the administration of __________________. a) Australia b) New Zealand c) the Netherlands d) Indonesia e) Japan

a

The Pacific region called ___________ takes its name from the word for many, and is contained within a huge triangle whose corners are New Zealand, Easter Island, and the Hawaiian Islands. a) Polynesia b) Amnesia c) Micronesia d) Melanesia e) Oceania

a

The better-watered volcanic islands, where the economy is based on agriculture, are known as ____________________, a) high islands b) low islands c) Melanesian islands d) Micronesian islands e) Polynesian islands

a

The island of New Guinea is included in the Pacific region known as: _________________. a) Melanesia b) Micronesia c) Polynesia d) Insular Southeast Asia e) Indonesia

a

The largest cluster of population in Melanesia is found in _________________. a) Papua New Guinea b) Fiji c) Vanuatu d) Samoa e) New Caledonia

a

Which country temporarily withdrew from UNCLOS as an indirect result of the independence of East Timor? a) Australia b) Indonesia c) New Guinea d) East Timor e) New Zealand

a

Arctic claims can be made by all but which of the following countries: a) Canada b) Finland c) Norway d) Russia e) the United States

b

The UNCLOS allows states to claim all resources within a(n) _____________ that extends up to 200 nautical miles from their coasts. a) Special Administrative Region b) Exclusive Economic Zone c) Underwater Protrusion d) Extraterritorial Zone e) Territorial Sea

b

When a body of water is less than 24 nautical miles wide, the boundary between the states on each shore is drawn along ____________. a) Wallace's line b) the median line c) the choke point d) the Political Convergence Line e) the deepest channel

b

Which of the following about Fiji is INCORRECT? a) Nearly 900,000 people live on about 100 islands. b) The vast majority of Fijians are of Melanesian heritage. c) South Asians arrived during the colonial era to work on the sugar plantations. d) The South Asians have long been political activists. e) The South Asians have dominated the commercial life of the country.

b

Which of the following about New Caledonia is INCORRECT? a) It has significant nickel resources. b) It remains under British rule. c) It is inhabited by only about 240,000 persons. d) Its capital is Nouméa. e) It lies within Melanesia.

b

Which of the following is located in Micronesia? a) Hawaiian Islands b) Marshall Islands c) New Caledonia d) Solomon Islands e) Papua New Guinea

b

In territorial size, the largest country in Melanesia is:___________________. a) Solomon Islands b) Fiji c) Papua New Guinea d) Hawai'i e) Easter Island

c

Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of ________________. a) Melanesia b) Micronesia c) Polynesia d) the Pacific Rim e) North America

c

The dominant economic activity associated with high-island cultures is ______________. a) tourism b) fishing c) agriculture d) mining e) industry

c

Which of the following is located in Melanesia? a) Guam b) Tahiti c) Vanuatu d) Samoa e) Hawai'i

c

The majority of people of New Guinea are ______________. a) mostly Chinese b) Polynesian c) Indonesian in their ancestry d) of Dutch descent e) Papuans

e

Which of the following countries has made no claim to territory in Antarctica? a) Chile b) Argentina c) Australia d) the United Kingdom e) the United States

e

Which of the following remains under colonial administration? a) the Federated States of Micronesia b) Tuvalu c) Fiji d) the Solomon Islands e) Guam

e