Vocabulary
A large, dry interior region of Australia with deserts and grasslands.
What is the outback?
Movement of Earth's plates that creates mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
What is tectonic activity?
What do Pacific Islanders build their homes out of...
palm leaves, bamboo and wood
The world's largest coral reef system off of Australia's northeast coast.
What is the Great Barrier Reef.
Most people in Australia live near the...
What is a coast?
World's largest coral reef system found off Australia's northeast coast.
What is the great barrier reef?
Indigenous people of New Zealand known for strong cultural traditions.
What is Maori?
Why do Pacific Islanders nations depend on fishing and tourism
They have small land areas and limited natural resources.
ow island that is made from coral and shaped like a ring.
What is a coral atoll?
New Zealand has two main islands with...
What are mountains, glaciers, and volcanoes?
A low island made from coral, usually shaped like a ring.
What is coral atoll?
Electricity created from flowing water, commonly used in New Zealand?
What is hydropower?
Pacific Islanders adapted to their environment by using...
What is star navigation, building homes from local materials
great barrier reef is spread across the ocean and includes...
Volcanic islands and low coral islands.
What countries are part of the Pacific Realm.
What is....Australia, New Zealand and Fiji?
A regional group where island nations work together on shared issues.
What is the Pacific Islands Forum?
Indigenous Australian beliefs that explain creations and the connection to land.
What is dreamtime?
Pacific island nations depend on...
The great barrier reef is on the...
What is the coast of Australia?
Which industry plays a major role in Australia's economy?
What is mining minerals?
A government system where citizens vote for leaders in parliament.
A home built above ground to protect from flooding and storms.
What is stilt house?
Kiribati in the pacific islands are affected by climate change because...
Islands are low-lying and face rising sea levels.
What is causing the Great Barrier Reef to have more coral diseases.
What is rising temperatures?
What do they use star navigation for...
What is long-distance ocean travel?