Lessons 101-102
New Zealand and Sydney
New Zealand and Sydney
The first known inhabitants of New Zealand
Who were the Maori?
Animal imported to Australia to help with the transportation of goods and people
What are camels?
This aspect of navigation was difficult to determine
What is longitude?
The second largest island in the world after Greenland
What is New Guinea?
The definition of Polynesia
What is "many islands"?
The common nickname for the people of New Zealand
Who are the Kiwis?
The fraction of Australia that the outback covers
What is 3/4?
The act trowing a log off a ship and seeing how fast the ship moved away from it
What is Dead Reckoning?
Island in all four hemispheres
What is Kiribati?
The largest northernmost island or island group in Polynesia
What is the Hawaii Islands?
He sailed around, and charted, Australia
Who was Matthew Flinders?
The definition of "atoll"
What is a coral reef surrounding a lagoon?
He invented a clock to determine east-west position
Who was John Harrison?
The country the western half of the second largest island in the world after Greenland is part of
What is Indonesia?
The territory of France that includes Tahiti
What is the French Polynesia?
The year the Sydney Opera House opened
When was 1973?
A town in the Australian outback that is partly underground
What is Coober Pedy?
These people first invented a compass
Who are the Chinese?
Self-governing territory of the United States
In the Marquesas Islands, these aspects of their thatched homes reflected their social status
What is height and composition?
Organization that consists of many countries, almost all of which are former British territories.
[ x2 Points (1000) for the exact number of countries part of the Organization ]
What is the Commonwealth of Nations?
[ 53 ]
Coral Beaching happens because of this, and is triggered because of these factors.
[ x1.5 Points (750) if both parts of the question are answered correctly. 500 if only one half is answered correctly ]
What is algae being expelled when coral becomes stressed due to changes in temperature, light, or nutrients?
Five ways Pacific islanders and coastal people navigated
[ 100 Points for every method correctly named, x2 Points (1000) if all the methods are correctly named ]
What is:
Keeping known land in sight?
Celestial Navigation?
Watching patterns of wind and water currents?
Watching animal migration paths?
Watching animal feeding paths?
Largest Island of the Solomon Islands that has been moving toward independence.
[ x1.5 Points (750) for the name of the person that the island is named after, with 250 Points added for the country they hailed from ]
What is Bougainville?
[ Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who hailed from France ]
France blew up this many nukes in the French Polynesia between these years
[ x1.5 Points (750) if both parts of the question are answered correctly. 500 if only one half is answered correctly ]
What is 192 between 1962 and 1996?