Australia & Oceania
Climate Change
Native Americans
North American Geography
Vocab
100
Which country colonized Australia?
England/Great Britain
100
Name a Fossil Fuel
Gas, Petroleum, crude oil, coal, natural gas
100
What type of Shelters did the people of the South West build?
Pueblos
Dirt/mud/adobe homes (made to be cool, not to keep heat in)
100
Which region is the wettest
The South East
(Florida area)
100
Define Climate Change
When the climate changes (commonly called global warming)
200
Where does most of Australia's population live?
within 20 miles of the ocean
200
_______ absorbs CO2 out of the air?
Plants and Algae (chlorophyl)
Ocean water
200
What type of foods did the people in the Pacific North West eat?
Salmon/other sea food
Camas root
Dear and Elk
200
Which part of the U.S. is the Hottest?
Bonus point to name the hottest place
the South West (California)
Death Valley
200
What vocab word means: To Self Govern
Sovereignty
300
What landform covers most of Central Australia?
Desert
NOT the outback, that is the NAME of the area, not the LANDFORM
300
Why is Australia experiencing increasing rates of deadly Forest Fires?
What is average temperature rise from climate change
300
Which region of Native America built longhouses for cold and snowy winters?
The North East
300
Name one body of water that boarders the U.S.
Gulf of Mexico/America
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Bearing Sea
300
What is an Activist?
Bonus points if you can name one
Someone who fights for change and improvement
Ghandi, MLK jr, Rosa Parks
400
What do we call someone who is Indigenous to Australia?
Aboriginal
400
Explain Ocean Acidification
a process where CO2 is absorbed into the ocean through the air, which causes the PH of the seawater to lower and become more acidic
400
A type of farming that used three plants. Potatoes, corn, and beans
What is Three Sisters Farming?
400
What is the LARGEST river in the U.S.
The Mississippi
400
What vocab word means "to have multiple types of something"
Diversity
500
Name islands in Oceania
The team with the most wins!
500
Name two ways that climate change is impacting the Islands of Oceania
Causing coral bleaching
Ocean acidification causing fish death
Sea level rise sinking islands
500
Why were the people of the Great Plains nomadic?
They had to follow the buffalo
500
Name one of the Great Lakes
If anyone can get all 5, bonus points
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario
500
Define "Assimilation" and give an example FROM CLASS LEARNING
Assimilation: when someone adopts another culture.
The Native Americans were forced to assimilate to "white American" culture