True/False
Many of Australia's first European settlers were convicts.
True
Who were the first inhabitants of New Zealand
Maori
The sparsely populated areas beyond the coastal cities of Australia are collectively known as the __________.
Outback
Jumbucks is the Australian term for male ______.
A. Cattle
B. Horses
C. Kangaroos
D. Sheep
D. Sheep
Curved wooden device that can be thrown and will return to the thrower
Boomerang
Although the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral formation in the world, it harbors very few species of plant and animal life.
False
This continent lies near the center of a major tectonic plate and yet averages one earthquake per day.
Australia
New Zealand ranchers are known as ___________.
Graziers
The capital of Australia is
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Canberra
D Liverpool
C. Canberra
Australian Ranch is called
Station
Lake Eyre is usually a barren salt bed
True
Lake Eyre
In 1869 the Australian government began a tragic and ill-conceived plan to deal with the Aboriginal people by removing ______________ from indigenous people.
The largest coral formation in the world is
A. Ayers Rock
B. The Great Barrier Reef
C. The Great Australian Bight
D. South Island
B. The Great Barrier Reef
Located in the eastern highlands of Australia
Great Dividing Range
South Island is home to most New Zealanders
False
What term is used to describe the earliest known settlers of Australia
Aboriginal people
Because clouds are so common in ______________, the native islanders called their home Aotearoa, or "land of the long white cloud."
New Zealand
Wellington is the capital of
A. Tasmania
B. Northern Territory
C. Victoria
D. New Zealand
D. New Zealand
Union of Congregational, Presbyterian, and Methodists
Uniting Church
New Zealand has a combination of state public, state integrated, and private education
True
New Zealand is part of what line of volcanoes that wraps around the Pacific Ocean?
Ring of Fire
The loss of color in the coral reef is known as ________ and is caused by temperature change, increased sedimentation, bacterial infections, herbicides, and other pollutants.
A popular dance among the Maori is the
A. Haka
B. Didgeridoo
C. Bullroarer
D. Moa
A. Haka
Results when coral polyps expel algae
coral bleaching