Chapter 29 Sec 1
What is a Fjord?
Narrow inlets/valleys where mountains meet the ocean.
The mountain range in eastern Australia.
The Great Dividing Range
What are the two types of Pacific Islands?
High islands and Low islands.
What is a station?
A large ranch (found in Australia)
The biggest city in Australia.
Sydney
What do New Zealanders use geysers for?
Generating electricity (using heat)
What similar farm animals could you find on both Australia and New Zealand?
Sheep/Cattle
The largest and most populated region of Melanesia.
Papua New Guinea
Who are the native warrior-people of New Zealand?
Maori
Why do they need to build Artesian wells in Australia?
The Outback is too dry to give water to cows because of the rain shadow from The Great Dividing Range.
The structures that move around continents like Australia and other land masses.
Tectonic Plates
How is New Zealand and Australian geography different?
Australia is flatter/drier and New Zealand is mountainous/colder.
What are the three regions of the Pacific islands?
Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
The native people of Australia are called ________________.
Aborigines
What is copra? What is it used for?
Dried coconut meat used to make margarine, cooking oils, and soaps.
The type of animal unique to Australia that holds their young in pouches.
Marsupials
What large land formation do the native Aboriginal people consider sacred in Australia?
Uluru
What is the biggest industry in the Pacific islands?
Tourism
Australia was originally founded as a ___________ colony by the ____________.
Penal, British
What Pacific island is known for its sales of bananas and sugar production.
Fiji
What is the reason that Kangaroos and other Australian/New Zealand animals are so different?
Isolation/distance from the rest of the continents.
What causes the Outback to be so dry compared to the rest of Australia?
The rain shadow caused by the Great Dividing Range.
Why would High islands residents typically have more money than Low island residents?
High islands can grow more crops, are larger, and often get more tourists.
Most Pacific islands and other Pacific regions gained independence after what event?
World War 2
What are the three types of industry and what they do?
Tertiary - Providing services
Secondary - Building things w/ natural resources
Primary - Selling natural resources