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Pacific World
Australia and New Zealand
Question | Answer |
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3 landform regions of Australia | Great dividing range, central lowlands, western plateau |
Aborigines | the first people in Australia. Came to australia from southeast asia at least 40,00 years ago. |
Mauri | First people in New Zealand. Came from pacific islands to the north about 1,000 years ago |
Major Climates of Australia and New Zealand | Australia- Arid New Zealand- Marine West Coast |
Aboriginal name of Ayer's Rock | Uluru |
Marsupials | Animals with a pouch |
The island names of New Zealand | North & South Island |
Body of water that separates the islands of New Zealand | Cook Strait |
New Zealand's highest peak | Mount cook |
New Zealand's primate city | Auckland |
Atoll | A ring of several islands |
World's second largest island | New Guinea |
3 subregions of the Pacific | Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia |
Deepest part of the Earth's surface | Mariana Trench |
The result of the Maori Wars of 1843-1872 | they lost. British settlers began taking Maori lands. Diseases introduced by Europeans killed many Maori. New Zealand became independent country within the british empire. |
The main source of electricity for New Zealand | hydroelectric power |
Copra | dried coconut meat |
Intertropical Convergence Zone | prevailing winds meet near the equator |
The U.S. territories of the region | Guam and Philippines |
The animals mainly ranched in Australia and New Zealand | Cattle and sheep |
The cause of ocean trenches | subduction of plates |
The distribution of cities in Australia | along the coast |
The lack of arable land found in Australia | most land in Australia isn't arable (6%) due to arid climate |
The initial colonization of Australia by Britain | prison colonies |
Aboriginal Daydream | belief of how earth was created |
Matrilineal lineage | man take woman's last name |
The evolution of languages in the Pacific Islands | pidgin |
Cultural remnants on Easter Island | left stone statues behind (tiki) |
Exclusive Economic Zones | 200 mile radius |