Culture
What he name of the unique weapon developed by the Australian natives?
Boomerang
Most Oceania islands have a climate which is: (2 answers, only need 1)
Name 1 of the major European Rivers.
Themes, Rhine, Danube
How many languages are spoken in Oceania?
1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300
1,300
What is the name given to the time period in which Europe began to colonize and discover the world?
Age of Exploration
What is the rebirth of European culture known as?
Renaissance
What testing was done at Bikini Atoll?
Nuclear testing
What 3 nations make up Scandanavia?
Norway, Finland, Sweden
What are trust territories?
Oceania nations held by the US until they became fully independent.
What movement resulted in the breakdown of the Catholic Church after the Renaissance?
The Reformation
In what way has Britain and the US most influenced the culture of Oceania? Name at least 2.
Language, government, technology, disease, displacement
What the primary environmental concern for central Pacific nations?
Radiation
What are the 3 largest islands in Oceania?
New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
Which European nations dominated Oceania until the 20th century?
What did England use Australia as a colony for?
Convicts
Name a popular sport in Ocenia.
What is the name for an animal that carries its young in a pouch?
Marsupial
What is a long, deep canyon along the coast in Norway called?
Fjord
Who were the orignal people to settle in Oceania?
Aboriginals and Māori
What was the name of the philosophical movement which stressed reason and logic. It also lead to the Scientific Revolution.
Enlightenment
Name one of the languages spoken in Oceania that combines native and European languages.
Pidgin or Strine
What is horticulture?
The cultivation of fruits on a private piece of land.
What are the 2 most prominent mountain ranges in Europe?
Alpes and Pyrenes
Most major early European civilization settled around which body of water?
The Mediterranean
Name 2 modern events which have fundamentally altered European culture?
Answer may include WW1, WW2, Cold War