World Geography Unit 6 Quiz
What is life like on the islands of Oceania today?
1,200 different languages are spoken, there is the practice of several different religions including, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism, quality of education varies throughout Oceania, the countries have poor economies and low standards of living and technology has grown
What is the significance of coral reefs to atolls?
Atolls are formed by the buildup of coral reefs on the rim of submerged volcanoes
How do the bodies of water surrounding the island of Oceania affect ways of life and settlement?
It adds trade routes, and the amount of freshwater and other natural resources available
Describe the order of settlement for Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
Polynesia- western islands settled there Melanesia- 1st the papuans and then the esucarians Micronesia- South Asians and Melanisians
How do the islands of Oceania affect settlement?
There is isolated valleys that created an environment of cultural differences between people living on the coast and those living inland
How and why did people spread across Oceania?
They traveled by sea and ocean canoes and they traveled because of the successful growth of crops in an area
pidgin
a blend of English and indigenous words to form a new language
trust territory
a dependent area that the United Nations placed under the temporary control of another country
kinship group
a group of people related by blood or marriage
coral reef
a reef made up of fragments of corals, coral sands, algal and other organic deposits, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation
What is a trust territory and how does it relate to Oceania?
a trust territory is a dependent area that the United Nations placed under the temporary control of another country. It relates to Oceania because the islands were put under the temporary control of the UNITED STATES, GERMANY, AND JAPAN
What are the economic opportunities that are available to the people of Oceania
agriculture, tourism, and fishing
low islands
an island formed by the buildup of coral reefs on the rim of submerged volcanoes; sometimes known as an atoll
high island
an island with mountain ranges and volcanic soils
How are the soils of the low islands and the soil of the high islands different?
low islands have poor soil and high islands have good soil due to volcanic eruptions
How has life on the islands changed over time?
the practice of religious beliefs, complex systems of ranked lineage and kinship groups, many societies were maternal, and sugar cane and pineapples were grown
How do the various climates on the islands of Oceania affect their biomes?
the tropical climate can be both arid and wet depending on the island's location