Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica

What formation lies just off Australia’s northeastern coast?

• The Great Barrier Reef

• New Caledonian Barrier Reef

• Belize Barrier Reef

• Muscle Shoals

What is the largest monolith in Australia?

• Mt. Augustus

• Uluru

• Ayers Rock

• K2

How many states does Australia have?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

In what island group would you find the countries of Fiji, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea?

• Melanesia

• Polynesia

• Micronesia

• Austranesia

In what island group would you find the countries of Kiribati, Nauru, Palau and the Marshall Islands?

• Micronesia

• Melanesia

• Polynesia

• Austranesia

In what island group would you find the countries of Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and American Samoa?

• Polynesia

• Micronesia

• Melanesia

• Austranesia

What ocean surrounds Antarctica?

• Southern

• Arctic

• Pacific

• Atlantic

What is a platform of ice that forms when a glacier flows out onto ocean waters?

• Ice sheet

• Titanic Buoy

• Floating Glacier

• Shipbreaker

When rated by physical area, Antarctica is the (a)   largest continent.

What is Australia's major natural resource?

• coal

• zinc

• gold

• bauxite