Chapter 8: Oceania and Antartica

Question 1

Where is the Tasman Sea?

Answer 1

Between Australia and New Zeland

Question 2

What is Papua New Guinea?

Answer 2

North of Australia,Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia.

Question 3

Which countries are the most populous in Oceania?

Answer 3

Over 90% of people in this region live in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand.

Question 4

What is the largest climate type in Australia?

Answer 4

Desert and xeric shrublands

Question 5

What type of islands are in Oceania?

Answer 5

Continental, high, and low islands. High islands often occur due to volcanic activity and low islands are due to a build-up of coral.

Question 6

What is environmental determinism?

Answer 6

The concept is that the physical environment has played a sovereign role in the cultural development of a people or landscape.

Question 7

What is the most popular faith of the Pacific peoples?

Answer 7

Predominantly Christianity, with Protestantism being the dominant denomination.

Question 8

What is a deterritorialized state?

Answer 8

Low-lying countries that have been or will be completely covered by the sea due to climate change.