Chapter 7 Australia & New Zeeland

Question 1

An animal such as a kangaroo or the koala that carries its young in a body.

Answer 1

Marsupial

Question 2

A large piece of earths crust

Answer 2

Tectonic Plate

Question 3

A hot spring that shoots scalding water into the air.

Answer 3

Geyser

Question 4

A narrow bay or inlet from the sea bordered by steep cliffs.

Answer 4

Fiord

Question 5

A series of Plateaus and mountains ranges in eastern Australia.

Answer 5

Great Dividing Range

Question 6

In general a remote area with few people, specifically, the arid inland region of Australia.

Answer 6

Outback

Question 7

The smaller ad more northern of the 2 islands composing New Zealand.

Answer 7

North Island

Question 8

The larger and more southern of the 2 islands composing New Zealand.

Answer 8

South Island

Question 9

The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zealand.

Answer 9

Canterbury Plain

Question 10

A pacific island that’s had been formed by a volcano and is usually mountainous.

Answer 10

High island

Question 11

A pacific island that is a reef or small coral island in the shape of a ring.

Answer 11

Low Island

Question 12

An island made of coral and shaped like a ring.

Answer 12

Atoll

Question 13

A rockpile material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea curtures.

Answer 13

Coral

Question 14

The most populous of the three groups of Pacific Islands, includes Fiji, Papua, New Guinea, and others.

Answer 14

Melanesia

Question 15

One of the three gruops of Pacific islands, includes, Guam, the Marshall Islands, and others.

Answer 15

Micronesia

Question 16

The largest of the three groups of Pacific Islands, including New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter, and Tahiti islands.

Answer 16

Polynesia

Question 17

An island country in the Southwest Pacific, the eastern half of New Guinea, offically the independent State of Papua New Guinea.

Answer 17

Papua New Guinea

Question 18

A place settled by convicts or prisoners, the British founded the first colony in Australia.

Answer 18

Penal Colony

Question 19

In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle

Answer 19

Station

Question 20

The earliest people to live in Australia, came from Asia over 40,000 years go

Answer 20

Aborigine

Question 21

The earliest people to live in New Zealand, came from Polynesia about 1,000 years ago

Answer 21

Maori

Question 22

An island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia, known for its giant human head statue.

Answer 22

Easter Island

Question 23

The largest city in New Zealand, located on North Island

Answer 23

Auckland

Question 24

A deep well drilled into the earth to tap groundwater in porous rock.

Answer 24

Artesian Well

Question 25

The capital of New South Wales, on the southeastern coast of Australia

Answer 25

Sydney

Question 26

A town in Northern Territory, Australia

Answer 26

Alice Springs