Which of the following statements about the physical environment of the Austral realm is false?
D) New Zealand has a plateau interior, while Australia's interior is mostly desert.
The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as:
C) Marsupials
_____________ is the study of flora and fauna in spatial perspective.
B) Biogeography
Wallace's Line refers to:
A) the line separating Australian species from non-Australian species
Native Americans are shown as:
C) Aborigines
Native Australians came to the landmass __________ years ago.
C) 50,000
Australia is seeing its most significant growth in immigration from:
C) East Asia
For many years, Australia had an immigration policy that:
D) allowed only white people to enter the country
Today, about ________% of Australia's population is from the British Isles
B) 33
Which of the following is not one of Australia's three major problems mentioned in the text?
E) all of the above are major Australian problems mentioned in the text
Which of the following statements is false?
C) Most Australians live in rural areas.
Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra?
D) Melbourne
The governmental structure of Australia is that of a:
C) federal republic
Australia's major trading partner is:
A) Japan
The island off the south coast of Australia is in the:
C) Tasmania
Most of the core area of Australia is in the:
B) southeast
About __% of Australians live in cities or towns.
C) 85
The Australian capital city is:
C) Canberra, a federal district
The rural areas of Australia are known as the:
A) Outback
Australia's big three income earners are:
A) wool, meat, and wheat
Which of the following is true?
E) All of the above are false
The agricultural activity most closely associated with Australia's moistest environment is:
B) dairying
Australia had recognized Indonesia's occupation of which area?
E) East Timor
A minority group of Polynesian ancestry in New Zealand is the:
B) Maori
The interior of New Zealand:
C) contains rugged highlands that are sparsely populated
Which of the following is true?
B) While much of interior Australia is desert, much of interior New Zealand is mountains
Which of the following is located on New Zealand's North Island?
B) Auckland
The historic agreement between the Maori and Europeans in New Zealand is known as the Treaty of:
A) Waltangi
Australia's plants and animals are closely related to those in Africa.
False
Biogeography is divided into the fields of climatology and geomorphology.
False
Biogeography was founded by von Humboldt.
True
Australia does not permit the immigration of people with other than European ancestry.
False
Australia is the only world region that lies completely in the southern hemisphere.
True
Australia is ahead economically of all Pacific Rim countries but Japan.
True
Asians constitute the majority of Australia's immigrants
True
Sydney, Australia's largest city, contains more than one-fifth of the country's entire population.
True
Australia is a federal unit consisting of six states and two federal territories
True
Sydney, Australia's modern capital, overcame competition from Melbourne to be selected as the national headquarters.
False
The proportion of Australia's population living in urban areas is presently only about half that found in the European realm.
False
More than 85% of Australians live in cities and towns on or near the coast.
True
Australia has one of the world's largest sheep herds, producing about one-third of all the wool sold in the world.
True
The crop grown in a zone extending from the vicinity of Adelaide into Victoria and New South Wales, makes Australia one of the world's leading wheat exporters.
True
Wheat is Australia's largest commercial crop.
True
Broken Hill and Mount Isa are both mineral-rich areas of Australia.
True
New Zealand is located about 1,700 kilometers (over 1,000 miles) northeast of Australia.
False
Whereas Australia's population exhibits a strongly peripheral pattern of distribution, New Zealand's population is much more evenly distributed.
False
About half of all land in New Zealand is presently in pasture
True
In contrast to Australia, New Zealand's economy is mainly industrial.
False
In response to its rugged topography and productive opportunities, New Zealand's major towns lie on the country's coasts.
True
New Zealand's interior is as sparsely populated as Australia's.
True
The Maori feel that the Treaty of Waitangi must be enforced