Sac 1

Question 1

Climatic Variation

Answer 1

climatic conditions are always different, therefore, australians flora and flauna must cope with many conditions which makes us unique

Question 2

Biological Isolation

Answer 2

Seperation of Gondwana land over 50,000 years ago, when Australia became isolated.
Flora and Flauna lost their ability to interact with other species. Made them unique

Question 3

Geological Stability

Answer 3

low tectonic and volcanic activity result in a flat landscape which is prone to fire and flood.
creates poor nutrient soil affecting the survival of flora and flauna.

Question 4

Relationships- Perceptions (How they see the land)

Answer 4

Land filled with ancestors.
Land as their mother.
Mutual care, they care for the land and it will care back.

Question 5

Relationships-Interactions (what they did)

Answer 5

Hunting and Gathering, hunted for animals, wild fruit, nuts.
Fire Stick Farming- Used this with their nomadic and semi-nomadic movements, to regenerate the nutrients in soil and plants.

Question 6

Relationships- Impacts (The affect they had on the land)

Answer 6

Fire- from fire stick farming

Decline in Mega Fauna from hunting and gathering

Question 7

Mega Fauna

Answer 7

Animals that lived in australia before humans first arrived.

Means Large animals.

Question 8

Kinship

Answer 8

When you view the environment as being part of yourself and essential for your survival (aboriginal view)

Question 9

European perceptions

Answer 9

• fear of harsh new distant place
• opportunity to start fresh- make a fortune
• no one owned the land (terra nullius)
• humans as improvers and tamers of the land

Question 10

European Impacts

Answer 10

• initially small, due to numbers
• as population grew effects became larger
• reduced use of fires meant heavy under growth
• clearing of forests for farming and construction
• introduced species

Question 11

European Interactions

Answer 11

• settlers struggled to live off the land as the aboriginals did
• development of towns and first cities - mostly near the coast
• exploration of the land for farms and adventure
• introduction of many species- animals for farming, hunting, companionship, plants for farming and homesickness

Question 12

Aboriginals Contemporary Relationships w/ the land

Answer 12

• reduced access to the land and sacred sites
• relocation of whole communities
• loss of traditional practices
• as a result of this^ suffer from social issues such as poor physical and mental health, low education and income levels, alcohol and drug abuse etc