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Oceanian History
What do you know about facts and important events of Oceania?
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Last updated: February 17, 2022
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| First submitted | February 17, 2022 |
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1.
The ancestors of which people settled in Australia around 40,000 BC?
Maori
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Tlingit
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Aborigines
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Nazca
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2.
What is the other name for Ayers Rock, a sandstone monolith sacred to indigenous Australians?
Uluru
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Ben Amera
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Stawamus
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Savandurga
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3.
Where did the Polynesians start building stone plateaus for religious ceremonies after 700?
Galapagos
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Christmas Islands
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Easter Island
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Society Islands
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4.
What empire expanded in Oceania and had its peak during the period 1200–1500?
Tu'i Kiribati
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Tu'i Tonga
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Tu'i Vanuatu
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Tu'i Fiji
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5.
Which explorer discovered New Zealand in 1642?
Ferdinand Magellan
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James Cook
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Sir Francis Drake
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Abel Tasman
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6.
What is the name of hypothetical continent that Europeans were searching in South Pacific?
Zealandia
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Atlantis
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Terra Australis
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New Holland
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7.
What do the islanders call the Easter Island statues?
Rapa Nui
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Moai
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Holokai
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Maui
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8.
What biblical legendary land from which the gold of Emperor Solomon originates was sought by the Portuguese in Oceania?
Punt
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Canaan
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Ophir
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El Dorado
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9.
What do the Maori call their fortified settlements?
Aoteoaro
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Tiki
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Waikiki
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Pa
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10.
Where was famous explorer captain James Cook killed on his third voyage?
Philippines
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New Zealand
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Indonesia
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Hawaii
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11.
Kamehameha the Great, was the founder and the first ruler of which kingdom in Oceania?
Hawaii
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New Zealand
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Tonga
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Fiji
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12.
With which country the British Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?
New Zealand
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Solomon Islands
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Australia
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Fiji
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13.
Who was the captain of the rebellion ship HMS Bounty, which was sent to the South Pacific to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the West Indies?
Samuel Wallace
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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John McDouall Stuart
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William Bligh
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14.
Which British admiral established the convict settlement in Sydney in 1788?
Arthur Phillip
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Robert Menzis
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Harry Morant
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Ned Kelly
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15.
How many British colonies united and created the Australian Commonwealth?
Three
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Five
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Four
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Six
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16.
Which country was the first in the world to allow women to vote in 1893?
Fiji
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Papua New Guinea
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Australia
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New Zealand
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17.
In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?
Papua New Guinea
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New Zealand
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Vanuatu
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Solomon Islands
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18.
From which country did Kon-Tiki embark on an expedition to the Polynesian islands led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947?
Japan
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Mexico
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Australia
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Peru
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19.
Which Australian city did Japan attack in February 1942?
Brisbane
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Sydney
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Perth
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Darwin
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20.
In 1975 Papua New Guinea got independence from which country?
Great Britain
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Australia
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France
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Spain
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21.
Which country took responsibility for sinking the Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland in 1985 caused by protests against nuclear testing?
France
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Spain
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Germany
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United States
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22.
Which territory in Oceania voted in the 2021 referendum to remain part of France?
Mayotte
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French Polynesia
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Reunion
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New Caledonia
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