History 7 Chap 10 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
*Did many Pacific Islands trade with each other even before the Europeans arrived? | yes |
*Did Bougainville start in southern India and sail east unlike other explorers? | no |
Were most of the Pacific Islands heavily colonized by Europeans? | no |
Did Philibert Commerson (a naturalist) name a flower after his captain? | yes |
Were Aborigine artists known for their realistic landscape art? | no |
Have all the islands in the Pacific declared their independence since World War II? | no |
Did many of the convicts who went to Australia eventually become profitable citizens? | yes |
Were the Aborigines rarely hostile to early settlers even though they fought among themselves? | yes |
Who did Admiral Peary beat to the North Pole? | Roald Amundsen |
Who attempted to cross Australia's Blue Mountains? | Gregory Blaxland |
Who was General Montcalm's aid in Canada? | Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
Who was the first white man to have peaceful contact with the Maoris of New Zealand? | James Cook |
Who theorized that the first Polynesians came from South America, not Asia? | Thor Heyerdahl |
Who was the captain of the First Fleet to Australia? | Arthur Phillips |
Who was commissioned by the Dutch to search for the unknown southern land? | Abel Tasman |
What is the federal capital of Australia? | Canberra |
Name the 1,250-mile series of coral reefs off Australia's eastern shore. | Great Barrier Reef |
Who was the most well known explorer of the Pacific? | James Cook |
What continent was Captain Cook the first man to sail completely around? | Antarctica |
What food did Captain Cook use to fight scurvy? | sauerkraut |
Which Pacific Island group got it's name because of the size of the islands? | Micronesia |
What name did the Dutch give to the land they claimed in Australia? | New Holland |
What islands did Mendana named for the great riches he thought were there? | Solomon Islands |
List 3 features of a high island. | consistent moisture, available fresh water, and fertile volcanic soil |
What did Marshall Islanders use wicker charts for? | to show the patterns of ocean swells |
Name the Australian colony that was first settled by the British. | New South Wales |
Name 3 problems that the First Fleet faced. | they weren't skilled laborers, most of their flour and grain was ruined, and eucalyptus & gum trees ruined their axes |
Why was Bougainville's settlement on the Falkland Islands short-lived? | It was in conflict with English and Spanish claims |
Name 3 Pacific Island groupings. | Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia |
Australia Day is celebrated on the date that what happened? | The First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove. |
Why did Ptolemy believe that there was a large landmass in the Southern Hemisphere? | Without it, the world would topple over. |
The word "aborigine" comes from the Latin words meaning what? | "from the desert" |
Who did other explorers become accustomed to taking with them based on Bougainville's example? | a naturalist and an astronomer |
Who was Australia's main trading partner before World War II? | England |
Many philosophers of the Enlightenment thought of this place as an unspoiled paradise. | Tahiti |
After being missionaries in the Cook Islands, where did the Chalmerses become missionaries to? | New Guinea |
Who was fair and generous in his treatment of the natives, unlike most explorers? | James Cook |
Each country with a coastline on an ocean has an Exclusive Economic Zone of how far? | 200 miles |
**Essay question: What problems in the Pacific Islands proved that they were not the "perfect" society that philosophers believed they were? | - |
**Essay question: Australia's modern concerns involve trade, civil rights, and the environment. Explain the concerns of one of these areas. | - |
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