Deck 12: The Austral Realm

Question 1

The governmental structure of Australia is that of a(n)______________.

A) federal state
B) unitary state
C) British colony
D) monarchy
E) indigenous society

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as _______________.

A) eucalyptuses
B) Australopods
C) marsupials
D) Outbacks
E) Anzacs

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Indigenous Australians are known as ______________.

A) Maoris
B) Cook Islanders
C) Aboriginals
D) Austral Indians
E) marsupials

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The agricultural activity most closely associated with Australia's moistest environment is ______________.

A) growing sugar cane
B) sheep raising
C) wheat farming
D) mixed horticulture
E) growing grapes for wine

Question 5

The capital of Australia is _________________.

A) Canberra
B) Sydney
C) Melbourne
D) Hobart
E) Wellington

Question 6

__________ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective.

A) Ecology
B) Zoogeography
C) Phytogeography
D) Botanical geography
E) Plant geography

Question 7

Wallace's Line refers to the __________________.

A) fault in Australia where earthquakes are particularly severe
B) line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species
C) middle ridge of the Great Dividing Range
D) place at which Australian waters are divided from New Zealand waters
E) dividing line between the Southern and Pacific oceans

Question 8

The island lying across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia is named ____________.

A) New Zealand
B) Canberra
C) Tasmania
D) South Island
E) East Timor

Question 9

According to Figure 11-5,which city is closest to Australia's largest mountain range?

A) Perth
B) Adelaide
C) Sydney
D) Alice Springs
E) Darwin

Question 10

The vast interior rural heart of Australia is known as the _________________.

A) Australian Capital Territory
B) Central Australian State
C) Aboriginal Territories
D) Empty Quarter
E) Outback

Question 11

Most of the core area of Australia is located in the ___________.

A) northwest
B) northeast
C) southwest
D) southeast
E) Outback

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of Australia's major problems?

A) aboriginal land claims
B) environmental degradation
C) immigration issues
D) land border disputes
E) urban issues

Question 13

Approximately ___ percent of Australians live in cities or towns.

A) 30
B) 50
C) 60
D) 70
E) 80

Question 14

According to Figure 11-6,Tasmania contains all of the following minerals EXCEPT ____________.

A) copper
B) lead
C) gold
D) zinc
E) uranium

Question 15

Australia's top customer for its goods is ____________.

A) China
B) New Zealand
C) the United States
D) Indonesia
E) Japan

Question 16

Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra?

A) Perth
B) Melbourne
C) Auckland
D) Adelaide
E) Brisbane

Question 17

The environmental crisis that most severely threatens economic activity in the Murray-Darling River Basin is _________________.

A) overpopulation
B) rabbit-induced deforestation
C) mining pollution
D) drought
E) repeated floods

Question 18

Which of the following statements about the physical environment of the Austral Realm is INCORRECT?

A) New Zealand has earthquakes and volcanoes; Australia has only volcanoes.
B) Australia's rocks are older than those of New Zealand.
C) Australia's highest mountains are the Great Dividing Range, while New Zealand has a spine of much higher mountains called the Southern Alps.
D) New Zealand has a moderate, moist climate, whereas Australia's climates vary from tropical to Mediterranean to desert.
E) New Zealand has a highland interior, whereas Australia's interior exhibits mainly low relief.

Question 19

Figure 11-3 shows that the body of water found near 40° South latitude is ___________.

A) the Indian Ocean
B) the Pacific Ocean
C) the Austral Ocean
D) the Southern Ocean
E) the Arafura Sea

Question 20

Which nation does not rank among the five leading trading partners of Australia?

A) China
B) South Korea
C) India
D) United States
E) Japan

Question 21

Australia's successful mixed horticulture cultivation is dependent on irrigation.

Question 22

Australia currently does not permit the immigration of people who do not have European ancestry.

Question 23

Today,fully a quarter of Australia's population is foreign-born.

Question 24

Australia has had a long-term relationship with Papua New Guinea to assist that country's development.

Question 25

The proportion of Australia's population living in urban areas is presently about half that found in Western Europe.

Question 26

Sydney,Australia's modern capital,overcame competition from Melbourne and was selected to be the capital city.

Question 27

Biogeography is subdivided into the fields of climatology and geomorphology.

Question 28

New Zealand's largest ethnic minority group,whose roots are Polynesian,call themselves the ______________.

A) Aboriginals
B) Maori
C) Kiwi
D) Austral Indians
E) South Islanders

Question 29

Sydney,Australia's largest metropolis,contains more than one-fifth of the country's entire population.

Question 30

New Zealand is approximately ________ miles from the southeast coast of Australia.

A) 500
B) 1000
C) 1500
D) 2000
E) 2500

Question 31

The historic 1840 agreement between the Maori and Europeans in New Zealand is known as the Treaty of _______________.

A) Waitangi
B) Canterbury
C) Wellington
D) the South Pacific
E) North Island

Question 32

The Austral Realm is the only one that lies completely in the Southern Hemisphere.

Question 33

Australia,like the United States,experienced a gold rush.

Question 34

Australia's Aboriginal population totals about 2 percent of its total population.

Question 35

Which of the following is true?

A) New Zealand lies less than 100 miles from Australia.
B) Whereas much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous.
C) The capital of New Zealand is Auckland.
D) New Zealand consists mainly of three large islands.
E) Most of New Zealand's population lives in the interior of the North Island.

Question 36

The Subtropical Convergence marks the northern limits of the Southern Ocean.

Question 37

Australia's plants and animals are closely related to those of Africa.

Question 38

Australia is a federal political unit consisting of six States and two federal territories.

Question 39

The Tropic of Capricorn virtually divides Australia north and south.

Question 40

Figure 11-4 indicates that species found in New Guinea are similar to those of Australia.

Question 41

Australia's newest neighbor,which successfully seceded from Indonesia and became independent in 2002,is ___.

Question 42

The city that centers the Australian Capital Territory is ___.

Question 43

The term Austral means ___.

Question 44

The northern boundary of the Southern Ocean is called the ___ Convergence.

Question 45

Broken Hill and Mount Isa are both mineral-rich mining complexes of Australia.

Question 46

New Zealand is located about 1,000 miles northeast of Australia.

Question 47

Maori is an official language of New Zealand.

Question 48

Given its minimal production of manufactured goods,New Zealand's principal exports are agricultural products.

Question 49

In contrast to Australia,New Zealand's economy is mainly industrial.

Question 50

New Zealand's interior is as sparsely populated as Australia's.

Question 51

The largest urban area in New Zealand is centered on the city of ___________

Question 52

If no European had settled in New Zealand,it would still be part of the Pacific Realm.

Question 53

Sugar cane is grown in subtropical coastal lowland areas of Queensland.

Question 54

Whereas Australia's population exhibits a strongly peripheral pattern of distribution,New Zealand's population is much more evenly dispersed.

Question 55

The chief farming region of New Zealand's South Island is the ___ Plain.

Question 56

Figure 11-6 shows that the Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea.

Question 57

The northernmost large city of Australia is _______.

Question 58

Figure 11-9 shows that the Southern Alps are located on New Zealand's North Island.