Map of Oceania.Oceania is also a region, and includes the country/continent of Australia, along with New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and many small island countries and territories in the South Pacific Ocean. Australia is the world's smallest continent, with a land area of about 3 million square miles. 1. Locate the capitals at these coordinates, then name the country: (A) 35[degrees]S, 149[degrees]E: --, -- (B) 6[degrees]N, 135[degrees]E: --, -- (C) 41[degrees]S, 175[degrees]E --, -- (D) 9[degrees]S, 147[degrees]E: --, -- 2. Which country owns or governs these Pacific islands: (A) Bonin: -- (B) Cook Islands: -- (C) Tahiti: -- 3. (A) What mountain range occupies the eastern third of Australia? -- (B) Locate and name Australia's two major rivers: -- (C) Name three of Australia's largest cities (Canberra is not one): -- (D) What huge undersea coral reef coral reef Ridge or hummock formed in shallow ocean areas from the external skeletons of corals. The skeleton consists of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), or limestone. A coral reef may grow into a permanent coral island, or it may take one of four principal forms. lies off the northeast coast of Australia? -- 4. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) from Canberra, Australia, to Wellington, New Zealand: -- Answers 1. (A) Canberra, Australia (B) Koror, Palau (C) Wellington, New Zealand (D) Port Moresby Port Moresby (môrz`bē), town (1990 pop. 193,242), capital of Papua New Guinea, on New Guinea island and on the Gulf of Papua. Rubber, gold, and copra are exported. Port Moresby was founded by Capt. John Moresby, who landed there in 1873. , Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y 2. (A) Japan (B) New Zealand (C) France 3. (A) Great Dividing Range Great Dividing Range, crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean and the Arafura Sea. (B) Darling River, Murray River (C) Choose three: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney (D) Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia. 4. 1,600 miles |
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