Vocabulary
Australia
Polynesia
Antarctica
Mixed Bag!
100
Define land bridges
Narrow and temporary link between two landmasses
100
Name one animal indigenous to Australia
Koalas, kangaroos and etc
100
Where is Polynesia?
A huge area in South Pacific ocean
100
What are ice shelves?
Floating sheets of ice attached to landmasses
100
Define Domesticated
Trained
200
Define pictographs
A graph of pictures and I am awesome
200
What does the word ab origine mean
From the beginning
200
Name two countries in Polynesia.
New Zealand, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, etc.
200
How many countries signed the Antarctic treaty?
12
200
How are high islands made?
By volcanic activity.
300
Define indigenous
Animals or plants native to the place where it is found
300
What do pictographs reveal about Aborigines?
Elements from the natural world, religious ceremonies and important historical events
300
What Traditional activities did the Polynesians participate in ?
canoe-building, singing, navigation, dancing, fishing, wood carving, basket weaving, and oral tradition
300
What is the purpose of scientific station?
They are places to carry put research. Thank you for your information
300
What and how are low islands form? What do people who live there depend on?
Low Islands are coral islands. They iPhone by the gradual build up of the exoskeleton of corals and other marine animals . People who live there a depend on fishing
400
Define Captain James Cook
British naval captain
400
Is the Uluru and why is it important
It's a rock and important because the aborigines saw this rock as a sacred place
400
Describe the migration that has occurred on cook islands
Because of economic pressures Cook Islanders migrated to the city.
400
Which person explored 1500 miles of the Antarctic coastline?
Charles Wilkes
400
Fill in the blanks-International Polar Year____-____
2007-2008
500
Define Richard Byrd
National Geographic officer who discovered 26 new islands on Antarctica. He also researched and observed Antarctica
500
When did the the aboriginal culture start?
About 30,000 BC
500
What did the Polynesians do to preserve their language
They establish school programs that are only taught in traditional languages
500
Who won the dramatic race to Antarctica ? Give their full names. What happened to the winning team and what happened to the losing team?
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen survived the journey back, but Scott's team died on the way back.
500
Fill in the blanks: International polar year 2007-2008 involved scientists from more than____countries
60
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