Names
Explorer who named the Solomon Islands
Mendana
What Island was discovered by the Spanish?
Solomon Islands
First Fleet
Who discovered the Hawaiian Islands
Cook
Three geographic groups of the Pacific Islands
Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
Navigator who accompanied Mendana
Quiros
What place was discovered by Captain Cook?
New South Wales
Native Australian musical instrument
Didgeridoo
Proved it was possible to travel from Peru to the Pacific islands
Heyerdahl
Australian game that contains elements of football and soccer?
Marn Grook
Claimed Tahiti for France
Bougainville
These things are known for which explorers?
East India Company suppressed findings, mapped out parts of the western coastline of Australia, and lacked money and manpower to colonize.
Dutch
what part of Australia has an abundance of wildlife?
Outback
Tasman
The island Abel Tasman discovered while looking for the huge landmass he believed to be the southern land
Tasmania
Missionary to Papua New Guinea
Chalmers
What group of islands was James Cook killed?
Hawaiian Islands
First Govenor of Australia?
Phillip
Name given to the native Australians by the Europeans
Aborigines
People group already occupied New Zealand when the Europeans came?
The Maoris
Who found a passage through the Great Dividing Range?
Blaxland
Composed of volcanic mountains and volcanic debris, suitable for settlement and agriculture, and explorers were likely to find supplies.
High Islands
Name the Day that celebrates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney COve
Australia Day
Name of the Missionary to Aniwa Island and Pacific Islands in the New Hebrides
John Paton
New Holland was claimed for who?
The Dutch East India Company