Chapter 7 Vocab

Question 0

A large piece of the Earth’s crust

Answer 0

Tectonic Plate

Question 1

An animal, such as a kangaroo or the koala that carried its young in a body pouch.

Answer 1

Marsupial

Question 2

A hot spring that shoots scalding water into the air

Answer 2

Geyser

Question 3

A narrow bay or or inlet from the sea bordered by steep cliffs

Answer 3

Fiord

Question 4

A series of Plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia

Answer 4

Great dividing range

Question 5

In general, a remote area with a few people, specifically, the arid inland region of Australia

Answer 5

Outback

Question 6

The smaller and more northern of the two islands composing New Zealand

Answer 6

North island

Question 7

The larger and more southern of the two islands composing New Zealand

Answer 7

South Island

Question 8

The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zealand

Answer 8

Canterbury plain

Question 9

A pacific island that has been formed by a volcano and is usually mountainous

Answer 9

High island

Question 10

A pacific island that is a reef or small coral island in the shape of a ring

Answer 10

Low island

Question 11

A island made of coral and is shaped like a ring

Answer 11

Atoll

Question 12

A rocklike material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures

Answer 12

Coral

Question 13

The most populous of the three groups of the Pacific Islands; includes Fiji, Papua, New Guinea and others

Answer 13

Melanesia

Question 14

One of the three groups of pacific islands, includes Guam, the Marshall Islands, and others

Answer 14

Micronesia

Question 15

The largest of the tree groups of pacific islands, including New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter, and Tahiti islands.

Answer 15

Polynesia

Question 16

An island country in the south west pacific, the eastern of of New Guinea, officially the independent state of Papua New Guinea.

Answer 16

Papua New Guinea.

Question 17

A place settled by convicts or prisoners, the British founded the first colony in Australia

Answer 17

Penal colony

Question 18

In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle ranch

Answer 18

Station

Question 19

The earliest people to live in Australia, came from Asia over 40,000 years ago

Answer 19

Aborigine

Question 20

The earliest people to live in New Zealand, came from Polynesia about 1,000 years ago.

Answer 20

Maori

Question 21

An island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia, known for its giant human head statues

Answer 21

Easter island

Question 22

The largest city in New Zealand, located on north island.

Answer 22

Auckland

Question 23

A deep well drilled into the earth to tap ground water in porous rock

Answer 23

Artesian Well

Question 24

The capital of New South Wales, on the southeastern coast of Australia

Answer 24

Sydney

Question 25

A town in Northern Territory Australia

Answer 25

Alice Springs