Australia
Indigenous people of Australia
Who are the Aboriginals?
James Chalmers
Who served as a missionary to Papua New Guinea?
Oceania
What is the name of the islands that compose Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia?
Maoris
The native people living in New Zealand during the time of the European explorers?
Used force to get food instead trying to trade.
Who are the Spanish explorers?
Islands composed of volcanic mountains and volcanic debris.
What are the high islands
Captain Cook
Who discovered the Hawaiian Islands?
Hawaii
What island is included in Polynesia?
In Australia has an abundance of wildlife.
What is the Outback?
Named for a Bible King
What are the Solomon Islands?
First Fleet.
What ship sailed to Australia?
Sauerkraut
What did Captain Cook feed his crew to prevent scurvy?
Europeans
Who brought diseases to Oceania
An unusual musical instrument made from eucalyptus wood
What is the didgeridoo?
Means small islands
What are islands in Micronesia?
About the size of the United States
What is Australia?
Abel Tasman
Who is Tasmania named for?
Believed that the Southern Hemisphere contained a land as large as Europe or Asia?
Who is Ptolemy?
Hollowed out eucalyptus trees for instruments
What are termites?
Largest of the Oceanic islands
What is New Guinea?
Canberra
What is the capitol of Australia in the beginning?
Netherlands
For what country did Abel Tasman sail?
It could no longer fund major colonies
Why did Spain end its exploration?
Resisted the Dutch attempts to land.
Who are the Maoris?
composed of coral remains, drier, soil lacks nutrients to grow crops
What are low islands?