Test 4 World Regions

The capital of Australia is _________________. a) Canberra b) Sydney c) Melbourne d) Hobart e) Wellington

a. Canberra

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

a. Melanesia

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. an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail

The governmental structure of Australia is that of a(n) ______________. a) federal state b) unitary state c) British colony d) monarchy e) indigenous society

a. federal state

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. high islands

Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asian realm, is ______________. a) less densely populated b) more densely populated than India and possesses a much lower standard of living c) very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas d) entirely a remnant of Britain's East Indies colonial empire e) much less affected by Chinese immigration

a. less densely populated

More than half of Southeast Asia's population lives in which two countries? a) Indonesia and Vietnam b) Indonesia and the Philippines c) Vietnam and the Philippines d) Malaysia and Myanmar e) Indonesia and Cambodia

b. Indonesia and the Philippines

Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra? a) Perth b) Melbourne c) Auckland d) Adelaide e) Brisbane

b. Melbourne

__________ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective. a) Ecology b) Zoogeography c) Phytogeography d) Botanical geography e) Plant geography

b. Zoogeography

Southeast Asian physiography is dominated by _____________. a) extensive plateaus b) high relief c) extensive flat plains d) rolling hills e) dry-environment landforms

b. high relief

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. the median line

Indigenous Australians are known as ______________. a) Maoris b) Cook Islanders c) Aboriginals d) Austral Indians e) marsupials

c. Aboriginals

Which country-river association is INCORRECT? a) Myanmar—Irrawaddy b) Thailand—Chao Phraya c) Laos—Yellow d) southern Vietnam—Mekong e) northern Vietnam—Red

c. Laos-Yellow

Flowing a distance of 2600 miles, the so-called "Danube of Southeast Asia" is the ________ River. a) Chao Phraya b) Irrawaddy c) Mekong d) Red e) Yangzi

c. Mekong

The island lying across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia is named ____________. a) New Zealand b) Canberra c) Tasmania d) South Island e) East Timor

c. Tasmania

Australia's top customer for its goods is ____________. a) China b) New Zealand c) the United States d) Indonesia e) Japan

c. The United States

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

c. agriculture

The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as _______________. a) eucalyptuses b) Australopods c) marsupials d) Outbacks e) Anzacs

c. marsupials

Which Indonesian island is LEAST likely to experience a volcanic eruption? a) Sumatera b) Jawa c) one of the Lesser Sunda Islands d) Borneo e) Bali

d. Borneo

A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was ______________. a) Vietnam b) Malaya c) Borneo d) Thailand e) Burma

d. Thailand

An example of an "elongated state" is ___________. a) Myanmar b) Cambodia c) Indonesia d) Vietnam e) Brunei

d. Vietnam

Approximately ___ percent of Australians live in cities or towns. a) 30 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70 e) 80

e. 80

The ethnic group forming a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia are the ___________________. a) Indians b) Japanese c) Singaporeans d) Thais e) Chinese

e. Chinese

The nation ranking 4th in world population is ________________. a) Malaysia b) Vietnam c) Thailand d) Cambodia e) Indonesia

e. Indonesia

The vast interior rural heart of Australia is known as the _________________. a) Australian Capital Territory b) Central Australian State c) Aboriginal Territories d) Empty Quarter e) Outback

e. Outback