Geography
largest OCEANIC island
New Guinea
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
Most Famous Explorer of the Pacific
Bonus: What island group did he discover and later die on?
Captain James Cook
Bonus: Hawaii
native Australian instrument made of hollowed out eucalyptus wood
digeridoo
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
Why did Spanish exploration of the Pacific Islands come to an end?
They ran out of money and manpower
Bougainville
Name for the Dutch claim in Australia
New Holland
name a negative impact of European colonization in the Pacific Islands
diseases
Wild: Scottish missionary to Papau New Guinea
Bonus: Scottish missionary to Aniwa and the New Hebrides
James Chalmers
Bonus: John Paton
name the native people who lived on New Zealand and were not pleased when the Europeans arrived
Scurvy
Name for the English claim in Australia
Bonus: Who discovered Australia for England?
New South Wales
Captain James Cook
He found a passageway through the Great Dividing Range
Gregory Blaxland
Proved it was possible that the Pacific islands were populated by people from Peru
Thor Heyerdahl
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
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
First governor of Australia
Arthur Phillip
Canberra
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
Santa Cruz
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.
Aborigine
Name the Australian game that contains elements of both football and soccer
Marn Grook