Map of Oceania.Oceania is also a region. It 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. Australia is the world's smallest continent, with a land area of about 3 million square miles and a population of more than 20 million. 1. Name the deserts shown on the map of Australia, from north to south: -- 2. The west coast of Australia borders which body of water? -- 3. Name the huge undersea coral reef--the world's largest--located along Australia's northeastern coast: -- * 4. What imaginary line In general, an imaginary line is any sort of line that has only an abstract definition, and does not exist in fact. As a geographical concept, an imaginary line may serve as an arbitrary division (such as a border). based on 180[degrees] longitude marks where each calendar day begins? -- For #5-8, locate and identify the capital at the coordinates given, and name its country: 5. 41[degrees]S, 175[degrees]E: -- * 7.35[degrees]S, 149[degrees]E -- * 6. 9[degrees]S, 147[degrees]E: -- * 8.18[degrees]S, 178[degrees]E: -- * 9. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) between Melbourne, Australia, and 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 :-- 10. Name the country that owns or governs the following islands in the Pacific Ocean: Guam: -- Tahiti: -- Volcano Islands: -- Where you see an asterisk *, write the name of the country and/or geographical feature on the outline map. Answers 1. Great Sandy Desert Great Sandy Desert Wasteland, northern Western Australia. It extends from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into the Northern Territory and from the Kimberley Downs south to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Gibson Desert. , Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert 2. Indian Ocean 3. 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. International Date Line 5. Wellington, New Zealand 6. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 7. Canberra, Australia 8. Suva, Fiji 9. 1,900 miles 10. U.S.; France; Japan |
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