4. which description characterizes volcanic islands and not coral atolls?

a. good soil for farming (my answer)

b. islands are made of tiny skeletons

c. danger of flooding from raising ocean levels

d. sea salt in soil

6. what did british colonists hope to accomplish by taking aboriginal children away
from their families?

a. to assimilate them into british culture(my answer)

b. to stop the growth of aboriginal population

c. to aboriginal families who could not feed their children

d. to learn more about aboriginal culture

7. what was likely motivation to send colonists to australia in the first place?

a. to send members from the royal family to colonize australia

b. to rid the country of convicts by sending them to a faraway land(my answer)

c. to send willing explorers with financial incetives

d. all of the above

8. what conclusion can be made about the brititsh policy of assimilation?

a. that it started because of settlement

b. that it started because of respect toard different culture

c. that it started because of exploration

d. that it started because of ethnocentrism(my answer)

9. what is a possible danger of poor soil on a small island?

a. no ability to grow crops

b. population not able to support or feed itself

c. danger of rising oceans

d. all of the above(my answer)