What is the name of the major river
system in Australia?
What body of water would you
cross to travel from Australia to
New Zealand?
1
2
Find and name an island in the
Timor Sea.
What sea runs between Papua
New Guinea and Australia?
3
4
How many states are there in
Australia?
What is the capital of New
Caledonia?
5
What is the name of the tallest
mountain in New Zealand?
6
Which ocean surrounds Fiji?
7
Find and name a national park in
New Zealand.
8
In what Australian state is most of
the Snowy Mountains located?
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Find and name a river in Papua
New Guinea.
Which lake in New Zealand is the
largest?
11
What strait runs between Stewart
Island N.Z and South Island N.Z?
12
Find and name a cape in New
Caledonia.
13
What is the capital of Micronesia?
14
What is New Zealand’s longest
fiord?
15
Find and name a bay in Samoa.
16
Which ocean surrounds New
Zealand?
17
How many seas border Australia’s
coastline?
18
Where is Stewart Island N.Z in
relation to South Island N.Z?
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Find and name a strait near the
Solomon Islands.
What is the capital city of New
Zealand?
21
22
What is the name of the most
northern cape in New Zealand?
Find and name an archipelago
new Papua New Guinea.
23
24
What body of water lies off the
south coast of South Australia?
What is the largest lake in
Australia?
25
Find and name an island off the
coast of New Zealand.
26
Where would you find Cook Strait?
27
Find and name a river in New
Zealand.
28
Which ocean surrounds New
Zealand?
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Oceania Research Cards – Answer Key
1. What is the name of the major river system in Australia? (Murray‐Darling)
2. What body of water would you cross to travel from Australia to New Zealand? (Tasman Sea)
3. Find and name an island in the Timor Sea.
4. What sea runs between Papua New Guinea and Australia? (Arafura Sea)
5. How many states are there in Australia? (6)
6. What is the capital of New Caledonia? (Nouméa)
7. What is the name of the tallest mountain in New Zealand? (Mount Cook)
8. Which ocean surrounds Fiji? (Pacific Ocean)
9. Find and name a national park in New Zealand.
10. In what Australian state is most of the Snowy Mountains located? (New South Wales)
11. Find and name a river in Papua New Guinea.
12. Which lake in New Zealand is the largest? (Lake Taupo)
13. What strait runs between Stewart Island N.Z and South Island N.Z? (Foveaux Strait)
14. Find and name a cape in New Caledonia.
15. What is the capital of Micronesia? (Palikir)
16. What is New Zealand’s longest fiord? (Dusky Sound)
17. Find and name a bay in Samoa.
18. Which ocean surrounds New Zealand? (Pacific Ocean)
19. How many seas border Australia’s coastline? (4: Tasman Sea, Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Timor Sea)
20. Where is Stewart Island N.Z in relation to South Island N.Z? (south)
21. Find and name a strait near the Solomon Islands.
22. What is the capital city of New Zealand? (Wellington)
23. What is the name of the most northern cape in New Zealand? (Cape Reinga)
24. Find and name an archipelago new Papua New Guinea.
25. What body of water lies off the south coast of South Australia? (Great Australian Bight)
26. What is the largest lake in Australia? (Lake Eyre)
27. Find and name an island off the coast of New Zealand.
28. Where would you find Cook Strait? (between the North and South Islands of New Zealand)
29. Find and name a river in New Zealand.
30. Which ocean surrounds New Zealand? (Pacific Ocean)
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