Geography chapter 11
New Zealand is located about 1,000 miles northeast of Australia. T/F
False
New Zealand’s largest ethnic minority group, whose roots are Polynesian, is known as the:
Maori
More than 85 percent of Australians live in cities and towns. T/F
True
Australia’s aboriginal population totals about 450,000. T/F
True
Which of the following statements is false?
Most Australians live in rural areas.
Wheat is Australia’s largest commercial crop. T/F
True
The vast interior rural area of Australia is known as the:
Outback
Broken Hill and Mount Isa are both mineral-rich complexes of Australia. T/F
True
Australia is a federal political entity consisting of six States and two federal territories. T/F
True
Native Australians are known as:
Aborigines
In contrast to Australia, New Zealand’s economy is mainly industrial. T/F
False
Wallace’s Line refers to:
the line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species
Australia does not permit the immigration of people with other than European ancestry. T/F
False
Which of the following statements about the physical environment of the Austral Realm is false?
New Zealand has earthquakes and volcanoes, Australia has only volcanoes
The environmental crisis that most severely threatens economic activity in the Murray-Darling river basin is:
drought
The historic 1840 agreement between the Maori and Europeans in New Zealand is known as the Treaty of:
Waitangi
Australia’s plants and animals are closely related to those of Africa. T/F
False
The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as:
Marsupials
Which of the following is true?
While much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous.
Sydney, Australia’s largest metropolis, contains more than one-fifth of the country’s entire population. T/F
True
Australia is the only world geographic realm that lies completely in the Southern Hemisphere. T/F
True
Today, fully one-fourth of Australia’s population is foreign born. T/F
True
New Zealand’s interior is as sparsely populated as Australia’s. T/F
True
_____ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective.
Zoogeography
Australia is one of the world’s leading wheat exporters. T/F
True
Australia has had a long-term relationship with Papua New Guinea to assist that country’s development. T/F
True
The proportion of Australia’s population living in urban areas is presently about half that found in Western Europe. T/f
False
Whereas Australia’s population exhibits a strongly peripheral pattern of distribution, New Zealand’s population is much more evenly dispersed. T/F
False
Which of the following is not one of Australia’s major problems?
land border disputes
Sydney, Australia’s modern capital, overcame competition from Melbourne to be selected as the national headquarters. T/F
False
The agricultural activity most closely associated with Australia’s moistest environment is:
dairying
The Maori feel that the Treaty of Waitangi must be enforced. T/F
True
Biogeography is divided into the fields of climatology and geomorphology. T/F
False
Most of the core area of Australia is located in the:
southeast