GEOG 202 Final Exam (Australia and Oceania MG)
East
American Samoa is _______ of Samoa.
Palau
Aside from Australia, what is the westernmost nation in the region?
Canberra
Capital of Australia
Tarawa
Capital of Kiribati
Yaren
Capital of Nauru
Wellington
Capital of New Zealand
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau
From west to east, what is the correct order of island nations?
Encourage tourism
How do Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) bring income into the community?
It is growing and replanting seedlings of endangered trees
How is Mauritius protecting its biodiversity?
New Zealand
If you were located at 45 degrees south latitude and 170 degrees east longitude, where would you be?
Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne
If you were to travel from north to south along Australia's east coast, what would be the correct order of cities you would encounter?
Great Dividing Range
If you were traveling due east by land from Adelaide to Sydney, you would have to cross which physical feature?
Coral Sea
In what body of water is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Australia
In what country is Hobart located?
American Samoa
In what island nation is Pago Pago located?
New Zealand
In which island nation is Mt. Cook located?
Sydney, Australia
Wellington, New Zealand's climate is most similar to which other city in the region?
Dynamite fishing
What activities are prohibited in the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) of Samoa?
Operation of a facility under environmentally and socially friendly guidelines
What are the criteria for Green Globe certification?
Tasman Sea
What body of water separates Australia and New Zealand?
Cook Strait
What body of water separates New Zealand's North and South Islands?
Bass Strait
What body of water separates Tasmania from Australia?
It was hunted to extinction by European sailors
What happened to the dodo bird?
English
What is an important language in Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands?
An increase in tourism revenue
What is one effect of Green Globe or Blue Flag certification?
Use participatory approaches to bring locals into the conservation process
What is the best way to conserve natural resources in Jamaica?
About 2,700 miles
What is the distance from Australia's east coast to its west coast?
Soil erosion and pollution in the hills flows out to sea, damaging fishing livelihoods
What is the relationship between soil erosion, pollution, and fishermen in Jamaica?
New Caledonia
What island nation is a possession of France?
Australia
What place was settled prior to 2500 BCE?
Rodents
What poses the greatest threat to native wildlife in Mauritius?
New Zealand
What was the last country in Australia and Oceania to be settled by indigenous people?
Melanesia
Where are Papuan and Austronesian the dominant languages?
Pacific Ocean
Where are the Northern Mariana Islands?
Australia (midlatitude steppe and subtropical desert)
Where are the dry climates in the region found?
Southeast Asia
Where did the path of human migration to Australia and Oceania begin?
Indian Ocean
Where is Mauritius located?
French Polynesia
Where is the Tuamotu Archipelago located?
Alice Springs
Which Australian city is the most centrally located?
Apia, Samoa (In the Southern Hemisphere, June, July, and August are the winter months. Apia's lowest amount of precipitation occurs in July)
Which cities see the lowest rainfall in the winter months?
Hobart, Australia
Which city shows seasonality in its temperature but not in its precipitation?
Papua New Guinea
Which country appears to have been a staging point for migration to Micronesia, Australia, and the eastern part of the region?
New Zealand
Which country's language pattern is most similar to Australia's?
Tonga
Which island nation is not a possession of another country?
Austronesian
Which language dominates in New Caledonia?
Port-Vila
Which of these cities is not located north of the equator?
Darling Range
Which of these physical features is nearest to Perth?
500-2000 meters
Most of the land in Australia lies at what elevation?
Two
New Zealand consists of ______ large islands.
Samoa
Some of Fiji's people moved on to other places in Oceania. Which place was a destination for some of these migrants from Fiji?
West to east
The general pattern of migration is from what direction to what direction?
Cook Islands
The meridian 165 degrees east longitude passes through all but which national territory?
Papuan, Austronesian
The region where Papuan and Austronesian languages coexist is located between an area to the west, where ______ is dominant, and an area to the east, where _____ is dominant.
