Australia
What two oceans influence Australia’s climate?
Indian and Pacific
Where is New Zealand located
Southwest Pacific
Where did most of the inhabitants of the Oceanic islands come from?
Southeast Asia
On the South Island of New Zealand what physical features are there?
Mountains, including the mountain range called the Southern Alps
What mountains divide the continent in two?
Transantartic Mountains
What dry desert takes up the largest portion of the land
Outback
What two islands make up New Zealand?
North and South
Oceania have little contact with the rest of the world so they were forced to do what?
Make their own ways of life
what is known as the largest coral reef in the world?
Great Berrier Reef
When was Antartica discovered and who discovered it?
Russian expedition in 1820
About 50,000 years before the first British settlement who was Australia by?
Indigenous Australians
What is New Zealand’s capital city
Wellington
What was one of the most important European explorer to explor the Pacific?
James Cook
What is Antartica covered with?
A thick ice sheet
What in Antarctica is the largest supply of fresh water in the world?
Antarctica’s ice sheet
What part of Australia is far more populated than the other?
West Australia
Of What Decent are most of New Zealand’s people from
European
Why did many of the island natives die?
Because of diseases the Europeans brought
What does the North Island have for physical features?
Hilly ranges and volcanic plateau
What resources might be under the ice?
Coal, minerals, and perhaps petroleum
Is Australia considered developed?
yes
What export historically has been one of New Zealand’s major exports?
Wool
Westerners often replaced traditional customs with what?
Western ideas
Why are islands in Oceania always disappearing and reapearing?
They vanish because of erosion and the appear because of other forces
What shape is Antartica in?
Circular