Geography Final Exam
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Created by:
melanspach on December 8, 2010
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geography, australia, diseases, middle east, oceana
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Cairns, Au | What City? The Great Barrier Reef |
Melbourne | What City? The Garden Story |
Melbourne | What City? The Golden Mile |
Melbourne | What City? Philip Island |
Sydney | ![]() What City? The Harbour Bridge |
Sydney | ![]() What City? The Opera House |
Sydney | ![]() What City? Bondi Beach |
Sydney | ![]() What City? Queen Victoria Building |
Sydney | ![]() What City? The Blue Mountains |
Yulara | ![]() What City? Ayer's Rock (Uluru) |
Brisbane | ![]() What City? The Gold Coast |
Brisbane (Gold Coast) | ![]() What City? Surfer's Paradise |
Hunter Valley (New South Wales) | What City? Australia's most famous wine producing city |
| ... | What City? Australia's surfing city |
Canberra | What City? Capital of Australia |
Darwin or Alice Springs (Aus) | ![]() What City? The Olgas |
Queenstown | What City? The Adventure Capital of Australia |
Side trip from Melbourne | What City? Tasmania |
Auckland | What City? City of Sails |
Oban, NZ | What City? Stuart Island |
Pahia (North Island, NZ) | TWhat City? he Bay of Islands |
Rotorua, NZ | ![]() What City? Glowworm Caves (Waitomo Caves) |
Wellington | What City? Capital of New Zealand |
Christchurch | What City? Mt. Cavendish |
Christchurch | ![]() What City? Mt. Cook |
Christchurch | What City? Southern Alps |
Picton | What City? The most vineyards in all of NZ |
Papeete | What City? Capital of Tahiti |
Suva | What City? Capital of Fiji |
Agana | What City? Capital of Guam |
Vast arid, near-empty center of Australia" | What/Where is it? The Outback |
| ... | What/Where is it? 70% of continent is Outback |
The holy sites for the Aborigines | What/Where is it? The Olgas |
Some of the few remaining giant tree- the world's largest trees, over 170ft tall and over 1200 yrs old!! In the native forest region of Whangarei New Zealand and also in Western Australia | ![]() What/Where is it? The Kauri |
Was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist | What/Where is it? Paul Gauguin |
Means peace in Israel, but is also used as a greeting or a farewell.. (hello or goodbye) | What/Where is it? Shalom |
Aka Big Fiji.. this is where most travellers go when they say they are going to Fiji with many hostel resorts and Fijis capital, Nadi | What/Where is it? Viti Levu |
(part of Micronesia), A ring shaped coral group of Islands, attracts mostly divers, and is relatively un-commercialized | What/Where is it? Kiribati |
New Zealand's aboriginal people | What/Where is it? Maori |
Was the founder of the religion of Islam, and was regarded by Muslims as a messenger and a prophet by God | What/Where is it? Mohammed |
Are farms that offer an alternative to a chain hotel | What/Where is it? Kibitzes |
A north-south imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, passing through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where the date changes as a ship or airplane travels east or west across it | What/Where is it? The International Dateline |
A town on the American Samoa Island(one of the Tahitian Islands) that offers deep sea fishing and great hiking | What/Where is it? Pago Pago |
Caves in New Zealand where you can see 1000s of glowworms in the ceiling | What/Where is it? Waitomo |
Palestine can refer to "ancient Palestine," an area that today includes Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as parts of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria | What/Where is it? Palestine |
Is a landlocked territory and is the eastern part of the 3 Palestinian territories; on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. | What/Where is it? West Bank |
Jerusalem (in the old city) | ![]() What city? The Wailing Wall |
Jerusalem (outside the old city) | What city? The Dead Sea Scrolls |
Jerusalem (outside the old city) | ![]() What city? Garden Tombs |
Jerusalem | What city? The Capital of Israel |
Nazareth | What city? The Sea of Galilee |
Bethlehem | ![]() What city? The Church of Nativity |
Tel Aviv | What city? Ben Gurion Airport |
Eliat (israel) | What city? Excellent Coral Reef Diving |
Jericho | What city? Oldest City in the World |
Masada | What city? King Herods Palace |
Mecca | What city? Mohammed's Birthplace |
Saudi Arabia? | ![]() What city? The Kingdom Tower |
Dubai | What city? Burj Al Arab Hotel |
Jordan | What city? Temple of Hercules |
Petra | What city? 2000 years old Archaeological Site |
Medina | What city? Mohammed's Burial Site |
Canberra | Capital of? Australia |
Pago Pago | Capital of? American Samoa |
Avarua | Capital of? Cook Islands |
Suva | Capital of? Fiji |
Papeete | Capital of? French Polynesia (Tahiti) |
Tarawa | Capital of? Kiribati |
Majuro | Capital of? Marshall Islands |
Palikir | Capital of? Micronesia |
Yaren | Capital of? Nauru |
Noumea | Capital of? New Caledonia |
Wellington | Capital of? New Zealand |
Saipan | Capital of? Northern Mariana Islands |
Alofi | Capital of? Nuie |
Koror | Capital of? Palau |
Port Moresby | Capital of? Papua New Guinea |
Adamstown | Capital of? Pitcarin |
Apia | Capital of? Samoa |
Honiara | Capital of? Solomon Islands |
Nuku' Alofa | Capital of? Tonga |
Funafuti | Capital of? Tuvalu |
Port Vila | Capital of? Vanuatu |
-Popular honeymoon spot for Japanese Well developed tourist destination- diving, | Micronesia Island/What is it? Saipan |
-Ring Shaped group of Islands -Relatively uncommercialized -Attracts divers | Micronesia Island/What is it? Kiribati |
-Principal destination spot of Micronesia -U.S Military presence ensure good air -Water sports, WWII history, & golf | Micronesia Island/What is it? Guam |
-Occupies the eastern half of the large island of New Guinea -Western half is Indonesia -Popular for divers, people with interest in -Expensive, crime is a problem | Melanesia Island/What is it? Papua New Guinea |
-Made up of 80 islands -Tropical climate - always hot and wet -Visitors enjoy boating, diving and breath- | Melanesia Island/What is it? Vanuatu |
-over 300 Islands, one of the most visited destinations of the South Seas -Cruises are popular with smaller boats -Viti Levu (Big Fiji) is the most common for | Melanesia Island/What is it? Fiji Islands |
-make up the western part of French Polynesia -Tahitian islands include; Bora Bora, Moorea, | Polynesia Island/What is it? The Tahitian Islands |
-Somewhat crowded -Good spot for boat lovers... no reefs! | Polynesia Island/What is it? Tonga |
-More American than Polynesian -Good for travellers who want some -Deep sea fishing and hiking are common in Pago Pago (small town) | Polynesia Island/What is it? American Samoa |
-Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane -Carrier: Quantas (QF) | Air Gateways/Carriers? Australia |
-Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch -Carrier: Air New Zealand (NZ) | Air Gateways/Carriers? New Zealand |
-Nadi, Fiji -Papeete, Tahiti -Guam | Air Gateways/Carriers? Oceania |
Mosquito Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Japanese Encephalitis |
Mosquito Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Yellow Fever |
Food and Water Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Hepatitis A |
Food and Water Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Cholera |
Person to Person Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Tuberculosis |
Person to Person Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Hepatitis B |
Person to Person Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Meningococcal Meningitis |
Animal to Person Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Tetanus |
Animal to Person Yes | Transmission type/Vaccination? Rabies |
Mosquito No | Transmission type/Vaccination? Dengue Fever |
Mosquito No | Transmission type/Vaccination? Malaria |
Food and Water No | Transmission type/Vaccination? Avian Flu |
Food and Water No | Transmission type/Vaccination? Traveller's Diarrhea |
Food and Water No | Transmission type/Vaccination? Typhoid Fever |
Person to Person No | Transmission type/Vaccination? HIV /AIDS |
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