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WC Unit One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Population of Australia | 21 million |
| Where do most people live in Australia? | East Coast--90% |
| What is Australia's size compared to another country | US |
| What is the world's largest coral reef? | Great Barrier Reef |
| How old is the Australian landscape? | 3 billion years old |
| Where did Australia drift away from, and when? | Antarctica, 50 million years ago |
| Who first discovered Australia and when? | Dutch, 1606 |
| What is colonialism? | a policy in which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its for the benefit |
| Who was the first person to reach Tasmania? | Abel Tasman |
| Who is James Cook, and what did he discover? | First British to arrive in Australia in the 1700s, and he found the indigenous people called the "Aborigines". |
| What is the capital of New Zealand? | Wellington |
| What is the Government of New Zealand? | Constitutional Monarchy |
| What are the main exports of New Zealand? | Dairy products, wool, lamb, fruit |
| What are the 2 largest cities of New Zealand? | Auckland and Christchurch |
| What percent of the New Zealand population is Maori? | 10% |
| What are the birds that are hunted by the Maori? | Maos |
| What is the national symbol of New Zealand? | Kiwi bird |
| Who are the indigenous people of New Zealand? | Maori |
| Where did the Maori migrate from and when? | Polynesia, 9th-12th century |
| Who was the first person to discover the Maori? | Abel Tasman |
| Who established the relations of New Zealand, and when? | Captain James Cook |
| What/when was the treaty between Great Britain and the Maori, and what did it say? | Peace Treaty-1840--Maori got land; Britain got land rights |
| What is the Maori war dance? | Haka |
| What are the full faced tattoos called? | Moko |
| What is the world's second largest island? | Papua New Guinea |
| Who does the western half of New Guinea belong to? | Indonesia |
| Who controlled New Guinea and who was it transferred to? | Dutch to Australian |
| When did New Guinea gain it's independence? | 1975 |
| What is it called when the people eat their dead relatives? | Kuru |
| What are important in dowries? | Pigs |
| What are cargo cults? | When tribal societies are exposed to technology and western goods magical thinking and rituals used to explain |
| What is another name for Micronesia? | "small islands" |
| What is the capital of Micronesia? | Kiribati |
| What is the capital of Nauru? | Yaren |
| What is Nauru's main export? | Phosphates |
| What is the third smallest island? | Nauru |
| What island is still radioactive? | Bikini |
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