Australia & Oceania: Geography PRETEST

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How did geographic isolation influence the ___________ of this region?

Circle the area you think is Australia and Oceania.

This is the flag of which nation?

• New Zealand
• Fiji

• Great Britain

• Australia

What is the capital city of New Zealand?

• Auckland
• Wellington
• Hamilton
• Sydney

Where do coral reefs form and grow?

• in warm tropical waters

• near the South Pole

• along the Equator

• above volcanic hotspots

Where are the Southern Alps located?

• Antarctica

• Australia

• New Guinea

• New Zealand

Why does Australia have so many unusual animals?

• Animals migrated across a land bridge from Asia.

• Animals evolved in isolation from other areas.

• Settlers brought new species from other islands.

• Unusual indigenous plants attracted the animals.

The platypus and echidna are unusual because

• they are flightless birds.

• they carry their babies in a pouch.

• they are mammals that lay eggs.

• they eat only eucalyptus leaves.

Why are dingoes a problem in Australia?

• They arrived accidentally on cargo ships.

• They have gone wild and eat crops.

• They prey on animals such as cattle.

• They are harmful to native trees.

Low islands get little rainfall because

• they are in a dry part of the Pacific Realm.

• they have no mountains to catch rainfall.

• they are located over hotspots in the mantle.

• they are created by a gradual buildup of coral.