Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The Commonwealth of Australia became independent from Britain in:
		A)	1850
		B)	1867
		C)	1890
		D)	1901


2	Which country has been called Asia's "farm and quarry":
		A)	Japan
		B)	Australia
		C)	New Zealand
		D)	Papua New Guinea


3	New Zealand's main economic products entering world markets are all of the following except:
		A)	wool
		B)	beef
		C)	lamb
		D)	dairy products


4	Australia is an urban country with what percentage of people living in towns and cities:
		A)	39%
		B)	49%
		C)	65%
		D)	85%


5	What are the three main categories of inhabitants of the South Pacific islands:
		A)	Aborigine, Maori, and Polynesian
		B)	Aborigine, Melanesian, and Polynesian
		C)	Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian
		D)	Papuan, Maori, and Polynesian


6	The main interest in Antarctica in the 1990s is:
		A)	its natural resources
		B)	its role as a laboratory for monitoring global climate change
		C)	its fish stocks
		D)	tourism


7	What country imports more from Australia than from Europe and the United States combined:
		A)	Japan
		B)	New Zealand
		C)	South Korea
		D)	Taiwan


8	Who are the natives of New Zealand:
		A)	Aborigines
		B)	Maoris
		C)	Melanesians
		D)	Papuans


9	By the end of the 1800s, Australia was a major supplier of what product to British factories:
		A)	fruit
		B)	dairy
		C)	wool
		D)	beef


10	Colonization of New Zealand came later than Australia mainly because of:
		A)	distance
		B)	physical environment
		C)	resistance by the Maoris
		D)	gold mining boom


11	Who were the first to discover Australia in the seventeenth century:
		A)	the Dutch
		B)	the British
		C)	the French
		D)	the Spanish


12	Which of the following is an environmental concern of Australia:
		A)	deforestation
		B)	overgrazing and over-irrigation
		C)	mining extraction
		D)	all of the above

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