Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Antarctica
What do the natives call Ayer's Rock?
Uluru
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
Which section of Antarctica is made of a group of islands that are linked by ice?
Western
Give an example of a high island.
A. Bora Bora B. Figi
What is the coldest air temperature ever recorded (recorded in Antarctica)?
-128.6 F
Name three types of islands found in Oceania.
A. High islands B. Low islands C. Continental islands
Give two examples of marsupials which live in Australia.
A. Kangaroo B. Wallaby C. Koala
Give an example of a continental island.
A. Lizard Island B. New Zealand
What are the two main rivers of Australia?
A. Murray B. Darling
What are the two main islands of New Zealand?
A. North Island B. South Island
Name two types of animals that live in the cold water around Antarctica.
A. Orcas B. Seals
Give an example of a low island.
A. Palau B. Tuvalu
Between which two major cities does the Australian capital lie?
A. Sydney B. Melbourne
What are two geologic features caused by tectonic activity that New Zealand has?
A. geysers B. volcanoes
Name two minerals mined in Antarctica.
A. iron B. coal
Who are Australia's indigenous people who arrived in Australia about 30,000 years ago?
Aborigines
What is Oceania dominated by?
Australia
What nation was the first to make it to the South Pole?
Norway
How are continental islands formed?
tectonic activity
Who invented the boomerang and why?
the Aborigines for stunning prey
What natural wonder of the world lies off of Australia's eastern coast?
the Great Barrier Reef
How are low islands formed?
the build up of coral
What does Antarctica never recive?
the direct rays of the sun
What is the outback area of Australia like?
vast remote desert area of Australia
How are high islands formed?
volcanoes
What natural wonder of the world lie in the Australian outback?
Ayer's Rock
Give an example of an atoll.
Bikini Atoll
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Who was the first European to spot the continent of Antarctica?
Captain James Cook
Where is and what is the Great Artesian Basin?
1. northeast central part of Australia 2. deep underground 3. massive reservoir of water
What is the average temperature in Oceania?
72 F
What mountain range divides Antarctica?
Transantarctic Mountains
What is the nickname of someone who lives in Sydney?
Sydney Slider
What covers Antarctica?
ice cap
What is the term for ice above water?
ice shelf
What is the term for the massive piece of ice that breaks off of a glacier on the ice shelf?
iceberg
What kind of rock is Ayer's Rock and Wave Rock?
inselburg
Why are temperatures warmer in the Antarctic Peninsula than in other parts of Antarctica?
it is further north and closer to the equator
What is a place that receives very little precipitation but has freezing temperatures?
polar desert
What is the function of the Great Artesian Basin?
provides fresh water mainly to people in the outback
Which section of Antarctica is a high plateau where the South Pole is located?
Eastern
Give an example of a plant that has leaves with a waxy coating which protects it from the elements of nature.
Eucalyptus
What kind of mining is done in Australia?
Gold
What is the flightless bird which is the National symbol of New Zealand?
Kiwi
Which marsupial enjoys a main diet of eucalyptus?
Koala
Who are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand?
Maori
What are mammals whose mothers carry their young in a pouch?
Marsupials
What is the highest peak in New Zealand?
Mt. Cook
What is a grouping of thousands of islands in the pacific?
Oceania
Along what ring of undersea volcanoes does New Zealand lie?
Pacific Ring of Fire
What river flows through Sydney?
Parramatta River
Which of the three island regions of Oceania includes the US state of Hawaii?
Polynesia
What mountains lie along the western coast of South Island?
Southern Alps
What is Sydney's most famous icon?
Sydney Opera House
What microcontinent does the nation of New Zealand belong to?
Zealandia
What is Australia besides a country?
a continent
How thick is the ice cap?
about 2 miles
What was New Zealand the first country in the world to do in 1893?
allowed women to vote
Where does most of the population of Australia lie?
along the southeastern coast
Where does Antarctica lie?
at the South Polar region of Earth
What are coral islands surrounding a lagoon?
atolls
What is the term for when a massive piece of ice breaks off of a glacier or the ice shelf?
calving
What is the Great Barrier Reef made from?
coral
What does the holiday celebrated on January 26th commemorate to the residents of Sydney?
day when the first convicts from England arrived in Australia