From Ranch To City
What is salinization?
When salt accumulates in soil.
What is labor force?
The number of workers available at a time.
What does the word maintain mean?
To preserve and carry on.
What are scientific stations?
A place to carry out research.
Name one animal only found in Australia.
kangaroos, dingos, wallabies and wombats and of course the koala, platypus and echidna.
What makes farming in Australia so difficult?
The arid climate.
What is harmony day?
Harmony Day is a holiday in Australia that celebrates the diversity of the continent/country and all of the different religions and unique cultures that live in Australia today.
What is the definition of Emigrate?
To leave one country or your home land and go to another.
What is an Ice shelf?
A floating sheet of ice attached to a landmass.
What percent of Australia is covered by the Australian Outback?
70%
What is the definition of depleted.
Drained, major irrigation sources.
What is the definition of diversity?
Different cultures in a group of people.
The passing of stories or histories by word from each generation.
Who were the first to find land in the Antartic.
Russian explorers.
What ecosystem found in Australia is the largest ecosystem in the world.
The Great Barrier Reef.
What are some of the major push and pull factors that lead to farmers migrating to cities?
Economic hardship, the need for better living conditions, and the allure of new opportunities in urban areas.
What is the definition of immigration?
Moving permanent from one country to another.
After what war did a marked increase in immigration happen.
World war 2
What is the definition of an International treaty?
A treaty that states that you cannot mine or claim antartica for one single country.
What percent of people in Australia live on the coast?
90%
What is the definition of urban.
Cities and populated areas near suburbs
When was the first harmony day held?
1999.
What is main part of Polynesian culture?
Dancing and storytelling.
By what year did scientists form several different scientific stations for different countries.
1958
This Australian city is the largest and most populated, boasting iconic landmarks like the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge. What is it?
Sydney