Oceania Today Google Slides Notes

Question 1

Where do most Australians live?

Answer 1

Urban areas

Question 2

True or False: Ranchers and farmers are starting to relocate from rural areas

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is Australia’s main climate?

Answer 3

Arid

Question 4

What do most farmers and ranchers depend on?

Answer 4

Irrigation

Question 5

What has irrigation caused in Australia?

Answer 5

Salinization

Question 6

What are the two main economic opportunities in Australia’s interior?

Answer 6

Farming and ranching

Question 7

True or False: Immigration has diversified Australia

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Where did most Australian immigrants come from?

Answer 8

WWII Refugees, later Vietnam War Refugees and migrant workers

Question 9

How much did the Australian labor force increase as a result of immigration between 1950 and 1960?

Answer 9

60%

Question 10

What are some Polynesian cultural practices?

Answer 10

Canoe building, fishing, and navigation

Question 11

What do Polynesian schools do in order to prevent traditional languages from going extinct?

Answer 11

Teaching language programs

Question 12

What are some Polynesian traditions?

Answer 12

Dance, music, wood carving, and basket weaving

Question 13

What festival commemorates Polynesian culture and tradition?

Answer 13

The Festival of Arts

Question 14

How often are the Festival of Arts held?

Answer 14

Every 4 years in a different nation

Question 15

Why have Polynesian people moved from rural to urban areas?

Answer 15

Lack of economic opportunities

Question 16

Why do most people go to Antarctica?

Answer 16

Scientific research

Question 17

Who was Australia’s main trading partner for decades?

Answer 17

Great Britain

Question 18

What European power colonized Australia?

Answer 18

Great Britain

Question 19

True or False: Oceania is closely connected through trade

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What trading group includes nations surrounding the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, New Zealand, and PNG?

Answer 20

APEC

Question 21

What type of group is APEC?

Answer 21

A trading pact

Question 22

What is APEC’s main goal?

Answer 22

Free trade among Pacific nations

Question 23

What happened to the Aborigine population during colonization?

Answer 23

It declined through conflict and disease

Question 24

What rules did British colonizers force onto Australia’s indigenous people?

Answer 24

Forced assimilation

Question 25

What happened when forced assimilation was enacted onto indigenous Australian people?

Answer 25

The 'stolen generation' was separated from their families

Question 26

What are the illiteracy rates and unemployment rates of Australian aborigines?

Answer 26

High

Question 27

True or False: New Zealand's Maori did not struggle with the British over land control

Answer 27

False

Question 28

What did the Treaty of Waitangi do for the Maori people?

Answer 28

It granted them legal and land rights

Question 29

True or False: The Treaty of Waitangi was strictly followed ever since its enactment

Answer 29

False, it was ignored for a century

Question 30

What is adventure tourism?

Answer 30

A physical and active way in which tourists travel and visit the Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific environment

Question 31

What are two popular adventure tourism locations?

Answer 31

Australia and New Zealand

Question 32

What is a popular adventure tourist location in Australia?

Answer 32

The Great Barrier Reef

Question 33

What does adventure tourism do for the economy?

Answer 33

It benefits it

Question 34

What are New Zealand's first inhabitants?

Answer 34

Maori

Question 35

How does New Zealand produce its electricity?

Answer 35

Renewable and natural sources, ie: Wind, solar, hydro, etc

Question 36

How did the British populate Australia?

Answer 36

Sending convicts from overfilled British prisons to Australia

Question 37

What did British convicts do in Australia?

Answer 37

Developed infrastructure, populated the area