Vocab
A largely self-governing country within the British Empire.
What is dominion?
Islands that hold the largest population of Polynesians.
What is Samoan islands?
In this year, Samoa became the first pacific islands to win their freedom.
What is 1962?
A unique vocabulary made up of Aboriginal words, terms used by settlers, and slang made by Australians.
what is Strine?
education varies thorough Australia and New Zealand, but literacy rates are over this percent.
family groups that travel together within their ancestral territories.
What is clan?
This island is the worlds smallest republic, only having a population of 10,000.
What is Nauru?
In this year Great Britain used Australia as a colony for convicts sent from overcrowded British prisons.
What is 1788?
British settlers brought this sport to Australia and New Zealand.
What is Cricket?
In many areas of the region, this language, a blend of English and an Indigenous language was developed to allow better communication among groups.
What is pidgin English?
What is boomerang?
Australiasa earliest settlers may have migrated to the area over land bridges the this time when ocean levels were much lower then they are today.
What is Ice Age?
After this major war many of Germany's Pacific colonies came under Japanese rule.
What is WW1?
Out of the worlds 3,000 languages, this many are spoken in ocean alone.
What is 1,200?
In New Zealand, Maori artisans developed skills in many things including,
What is canoe making, basketry, tattooing, or woodcarving?
Growing only enough for ones own needs.
What is subsistence farming?
This island country suited for human inhabitation has about 6.6 million people living on it.
What is Papua New Guinea?
In this year New Zealand became a self governing dominion with a British parliamentary system.
What is 1907?
The early time when Australians say wandering spirits created land features, plants, animals, and humans.
What is dreamtime?
In parts of Australia where the terrain was too rough, doctors could consult with people using this technology.
What is two way radios?
An island under french rule, also known as Polynesia's largest island.
Australia's oldest people, also have the worlds oldest surviving culture.
What is the Aborigines?
Dependent areas that the United Nations placed under the temporary control of a foreign country.
What is trust territories?
Most widely practiced religion in Australia and New Zealand today.
What is Christianity?
In Australia the women gather these for food.
What is seeds and plants?