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Mr. Pridgen - 7th Grade World Studies
World Studies Chapter 10 Review Sheet
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History
7th Grade
03/06/2013

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James Chalmers was a nineteenth-century missionary to...
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New Guinea
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What explorer was one of the first Europeans to make peaceful contact with the natives of New Zealand?
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Cook
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What Norwegian explorer theorized that the first Polynesians came from South America rather than Asia?
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Thor Heyerdahl
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This group of many islands lies within the great triangle formed by the Hawaiian Isalnds, Easter Island, and New Zealand?
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Polynesia
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Most of the islands in this group of over 2000 small islands are low and some are less than one square mile in size?
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Micronesia
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What native peoples were living in New Zealand when the Europeans came?
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Maoris
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Enlightenment philosophers used the inhabitants of what island as examples of man's natural goodness?
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Tahiti
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What food did Captain cook give to his crew to protect them from scurvy?
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Sauerkraut
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What name did Captain Cook and his crew assign to the natives of Australia?
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Aborigines
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Australia's six states are collectively known as the what of Australia?
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Commonwealth
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Canberra is the capital of what country?
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Australia
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Tasman explored for...
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Netherlands
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Cook colonized for what country?
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England
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On what group of islands was Cook killed?
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Hawaiian
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Murderer's Bay in what country was the scene of a violent Maori attach?
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New Zealand
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In what colony did England house convicts before the Revolutionary  War?
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Georgia
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What region was once called New Holland?
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Australia
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Colonized Tahiti for France?
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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Who was the first governor of Australia?
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Arthur Phillips
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Who found a passage through the Great Dividing Range?
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Gregory Blaxland
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Bougainville was an explorer for what country?
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France
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What regions did Abel Tasman explore?
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Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania
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Alvaro de Mendana was an explorer for what country?
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Spain
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