People
This group was the first people to live in Australia?
Aborigines
This river is 915 miles long and suffers from overuse an pollution?
Darling River
What mountain was named after a Polish explorer?
Mt. Kosciuszko
Also known as Aoraki; this is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
Mt. Cook
How many countries are in Oceania?
14
The British started Australia as a colony for what kind of people?
Prisoners
At 1558 miles long, what is the longest river in Oceania?
Murry River
This Captain explored Australia and New Zealand, claiming it for England in 1770?
Captain James Cook
What is the highest mountain in Oceania (It’s 14,793 feet tall)?
Mt. Wilhelm
What was found in Australia in 1851?
Gold
10% of this population has natural blonde hair?
Melanesians
What area of Oceania is slowly bleaching due to climate change?
Great Barrier Reef
This group traveled from Africa along the coasts of Asia; Name means “island of Dark skin”
Melanesians
Kata Tjuta Uluru National Park in Australia is home to what sacred formation?
Ayers Rock
The world's largest reef system is called?
Great Barrier Reef
These people were the first people to live in New Zealand?
Maori
This is a ring-shaped coral reef that encircles a lagoon?
Atoll
What legendary continent were Spanish expeditions looking for when they found Micronesia?
Terra Australis
Located in southwest Australia and is the largest desert in Oceania?
Great Victoria Desert
In 1970 these two countries became independent?
Fiji and Tonga
This group travelled in boats from SE Asia, and used the stars and charts to navigate the islands?
Polynesians
The deepest point on Earth is found in the waters off of Oceania; What is the name of this trench?
Mariana Trench
This Dutch explored circumnavigated Australia and was the first European on New Zealand and Fiji in 1642?
Abel Tasman
Located in Northwest Australia and is the second largest desert in Oceania?
Great Sandy Desert
What treaty did the British convince the Maori chiefs to sign in New Zealand?
Treaty of Waitangi