Human-Environment Interaction

Most believe that the ____________ of the Pacific Islands came from Southeast Asia.

• fish

• volcanoes

• Pacific Islanders

• settlers

What did the settlers use for navigation?

• gps

• maps

• stars

What did the settlers of the Pacific Islands develop for travel?

• camel caravans

• canoes with double hulls

• yacht

What did Europeans raise and hunt for food?

• donkeys

• goats

• rabbits

• birds

Who brought rabbits over to Australia?

• Europeans

• Africans

• Asians

• Americans

Rabbits created a problem for Australia.

• True

• False

Which is not a result of rabbits being brought to Australia?

• Killed the sparse vegetation

• Reduces pastures and caused erosion

• Became overpopulated

• Did not endanger other animals

The government built a 2,000 mile fence and it worked to keep the rabbits from spreading.

• True

• False

Which is not a way the modern government tried to control the rabbit population?

• infecting them with a disease

• building a fence

• destroying their burrows

• sending them to another location

Why did the United States test the nuclear bombs in the Pacific?

• so it would not endanger the wildlife

• so it would not endanger Americans

• so it would not endanger people living on the island