Australia
New Zealand
Oceania
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
The ocean off of Australia's northeastern coast is home to this famous World Heritage Site.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
100
Name New Zealand's two major islands.
What are North Island and South Island?
100
"Atoll" is another name for this type of island.
What is a low island?
100
These are shallow pools of clear water.
What are lagoons?
100
The name of this Oceanic island cluster means "little islands".
What is Micronesia?
200
This region of Australia is not physically connected to the rest of the country but sits off of Australia's southeastern coast.
What is Tasmania?
200
This is New Zealand's highest mountain. (100 bonus points if you can tell me the original Maori name.)
What is Mount Cook? (original name - Aorangi)
200
The name of this island group means "black islands".
What is Melanesia?
200
The low, ring-shaped islands of Oceania are also called these.
What are atolls?
200
Tahiti and Fiji are examples of this type of island.
What are high islands?
300
This is the major chain of mountains that stretches along the eastern coast of Australia.
What is the Great Dividing Range?
300
This is the name of the flat and fertile lowlands along New Zealand's eastern coast.
What are the Canterbury Plains?
300
This island cluster covers a large area ranging from New Zealand to Midway Island.
What is Polynesia?
300
This is formed out of the limestone skeletons of tiny sea animals.
What is coral?
300
Name the two major rivers that flow through southeast Australia.
What are the Murray River and the Darling River?
400
This is the official name of the Australian outback.
What is the Western Plateau?
400
Most of New Zealand's power comes from these two sources.
What are hydroelectric and geothermal power?
400
The island of New Guinea is an example of this island type.
What is a continental island?
400
Australia is home to several of these pressurized underground water sources.
What are artesian wells?
400
The southern coast of Australia is dominated by this vast dry, treeless region.
What is Nullarbor Plain?
500
Name the three deserts that stretch across the Australian outback.
What are the Great Sandy Desert, the Great Victorian Desert, and the Gibson Desert?
500
This is New Zealand's largest lake.
What is Lake Taupo?
500
Name the three major island clusters of Oceania IN ORDER from EAST TO WEST.
What are Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia?
500
The name "Australia" comes from the word "australis", which means this in Latin.
What is "southern"?
500
One quarter of this major world resource is produced by Australia.
What is bauxite?
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