Glencoe World Geography

Chapter 34: Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Today

Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Today

1
The most important economic activity in the South Pacific area is __________.
A)agriculture
B)tourism
C)mining
D)manufacturing
2
Because of Australia’s dry climate, only __________ of its land is suitable for growing crops.
A)5 percent
B)10 percent
C)15 percent
D)20 percent
3
Although most island farmers in Oceania practice subsistence farming, some South Pacific islands have areas with enough rich soil and rainfall to support its major cash crop __________.
A)ginger
B)coffee
C)cacao
D)copra
4
__________ in Oceania has begun to attract international banking and investment companies to end its traditional reliance on phosphate mining.
A)Samoa
B)Papua New Guinea
C)Nauru
D)New Zealand
5
__________ is(are) a major mode of transportation and has(have) a long history in the region.
A)railroads
B)roads
C)water travel
D)air travel
6
Australia is home to kangaroos and koalas, two species of __________—mammals whose young must mature in a pouch after they are born.
A)wallabies
B)indigenous animals
C)marsupials
D)introduced animals
7
Australia’s freshwater sources are threatened by __________.
A)drought
B)salt
C)irrigation
D)all of the above
8
Pollution affects all kinds of marine life, including tiny organisms that are key parts of the ocean’s __________, the interlinking chains of predators and their food sources in an ecosystem.
A)algae
B)food web
C)diatoms
D)plankton
9
Nuclear testing by the United States in the South Pacific in the late 1940s and 1950s did NOT result in __________.
A)funding by the United States government to help decontaminate Bikini Atoll
B)continued testing by the United States today
C)antinuclear protests following French plans for nuclear tests in the mid-1990s
D)a ban by New Zealand in 1986 of nuclear-powered ships or those with nuclear weapons in its waters
10
The climate and weather in the South Pacific region are highly sensitive to changes in the __________.
A)El Niño-southern Oscillation (ENSO) weather pattern
B)ozone layer
C)food web
D)earth’s temperatures
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