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geography chapter 14
austraila and new zealand
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Geography
9th Grade
12/17/2012

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what has influenced the population of austrailia? how?
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the gold rush brought many people, and the use of the penal colony
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what are the population patterns o austrailia and new zealand?
Definition

the british iar ethe majority and the minority are the aborginies and maoris.

there are more people living on the coastal rim

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what are the characteristics of the maori culture?
Definition
they settled and farmed
Term
what is marae?
Definition
center of village life (ceremonial gathering place)
Term
what are the characteristics of the aboriginal culture?
Definition

-nomads

-hunters and gatherers

-lived along the coastal rim and river valleys

-lived in small groups

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who were the first european settlers in austrailia?
Definition
criminals 
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why were criminals the first european settlers in austrailia? 
Definition
they were sent ot the penal colony
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what are some of the efforts made by both austrailia and new zealand in recent years.
Definition
they were more "welcoming" to new immigrants and new zealand becae a nuclear free zone
Term
melanesia's islands?
Definition

papua-new guiea

soloman islands

fiji islands

new calodeia

Term
polynesia's islands?
Definition

hawii

marquesas

tuamatu

tahati-samoa

cook-tango

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oceania culture?
Definition
complex and distinct
Term
main exports o austrailia?
Definition
gold, iron, copper, zinc, uranium, oil and gas, wool, sheep mean
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main exports of new zealand
Definition
lamb, coal, natural gas, gold, veggies, fruit, grains, meat of sheep, wool.
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graphic features of austrailia?
Definition
coastal rim, mountains, plateaus, plains, outback
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graphic features of new zealand?
Definition
coastal rim, mountains, green, plains, and plateuas
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characteristics of high islands? 
Definition
volcanic mountains, rainfall, copra, fruits
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characteristics of low islands?
Definition
barely above sea level, lack of moisture, depend on fishing, trade among farmers, tropical storms (typhoons)
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penal colony?
Definition
place where they put prisoners
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nuclear free zone
Definition
where all nuclear weapons are banned.
Term
polyneisa?
Definition
many islands
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high islands?
Definition
formed by mountain, volcanic tops, above sea leve
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low islands? 
Definition
formed by mountains, lie barely above sea level, made up of coral reefs, attached by underground mountains.
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sufferage
Definition
right to vote
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geothermal energy?
Definition
energy from heat/volcanoes
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micronesia?
Definition
tiny islands, gaum
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melanesia?
Definition
includes islands in the western pacific that extend to new guinea to fiji and to the solomans
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