Geography
Spanish/Dutch Exploration
French/English Exploration
Australia
Colonization
100

largest OCEANIC island

New Guinea

100

Spanish explorer who named the Solomon Islands; did not treat the natives he found on his explorations kindly

Bonus: name the navigator who accompanied him

Mendana

Bonus: Quiros

100

Most Famous Explorer of the Pacific

Bonus: What island group did he discover and later die on?

Captain James Cook

Bonus: Hawaii

100

native Australian instrument made of hollowed out eucalyptus wood

digeridoo

100

 name of the group of ships that sailed to Australia to start a new colony composed of more prisoners than freemen.

Bonus: Name the holiday that celebrates the date of their arrival at Sydney Cove?

First Fleet

Bonus: Australia Day

200
Name the ancient Greek astronomer whose theory that there existed a large southern land inspired European exploration of the Pacific Islands region?
Ptolemy
200

Why did Spanish exploration of the Pacific Islands come to an end?

They ran out of money and manpower

200
French explorer who claimed Tahiti for France

Bougainville

200

Name for the Dutch claim in Australia

New Holland

200

name a negative impact of European colonization in the Pacific Islands

diseases

300

Wild: Scottish missionary to Papau New Guinea

Bonus: Scottish missionary to Aniwa and the New Hebrides

James Chalmers

Bonus: John Paton

300

name the native people who lived on New Zealand and were not pleased when the Europeans arrived

the Maoris
300
Wild: Sauerkraut protects against what common illness caused by a lack of vitamin C and common among sailors

Scurvy

300

Name for the English claim in Australia

Bonus: Who discovered Australia for England?

New South Wales

Captain James Cook

300

He found a passageway through the Great Dividing Range

Gregory Blaxland

400

Proved it was possible that the Pacific islands were populated by people from Peru

Thor Heyerdahl

400

name the Dutch explorer who discovered Tasmania while looking for the mythical southern land

Bonus: What did Dutch do with Tasman's findings and why?

Abel Tasman

Bonus: they suppressed their findings because they did not have the money or manpower to colonize it

400

Wild: Describe the high islands

Bonus: Describe the low islands

High: volcanic mountains, suited for settlement and agriculture, a good place for explorers to find supplies

Bonus: Low - little rainfall, damage from high waves and storms, fishing is primary food source

400

First governor of Australia

Arthur Phillip

400
Capital of Australia

Canberra

500

List the three geographical island groups of the South Pacific

Bonus: Describe each

Melanesia - dark skinned,

Micronesia - tiny island, over 2000, mostly small/low

Polynesia - many, made of triangle formed by Easter Island, Hawaii, and 

500
Name the island where many Spanish died including Mendana

Santa Cruz

500

Name the Enlightenment concept that states that men are born basically good but are corrupted by civilization. It was "proven" by Bougainville's findings in Tahiti which found uncivilized people living in harmony with nature

Bonus: Why is it unbiblical?

Noble Savage

Bonus: because Scripture teaches that all humans are born with a sin nature. 

500
European name for the native people of Australia

Aborigine

500

Name the Australian game that contains elements of both football and soccer

Marn Grook