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Unit 4 Australia Flashcards

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Tectonic Plates

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The outer skin or crust of Earth is broken into huge moving slabs of rock

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Marsupials

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Animals that carry their young in a body pouch

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Geysers

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Hot springs that shoot up in the air

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Fiords

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Narrow inlets bordered by slopes

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High Islands

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Mountainous islands and formed by volcanos

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Low islands

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Made up of coral reefs or atolls

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atolls

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A small coral island in the shape of a ring

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Coral

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

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Maori

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Natives of New Zealand

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Aborigines

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Earliest settlers in Australia

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Penal Colony

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A remote place where people convicted of crimes are sent

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Stations

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Large cattle ranches in Australia

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Outback

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Australian land that makes up much of the central and western part of the country

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Artesian Wells

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Wells which water flows under natural pressure without pumping

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Two bushranger periods

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Convict and Gold

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States and territories of australia

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Western Australia, northern Australia, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and tasmania

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Which place has the most people

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Melanesia

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Typical dwellings of Micronesia

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Thatched roofs, and Single room houses which have single room houses

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Who is Guam governed by?

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U.S.A

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What are the two cultural groups of polynesia?

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East and West Polynesia

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Pacific island Climates

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Tropical

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What is Fiji soil good for growing?

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Sugar cane

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Symbol of New Zealand

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Kiwi

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Australia’s economy depends on…

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Trade with pacific rim countries

U.S., Japan, China, and Thailand

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How much of Australia’s land is good for farming?

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7%

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What is the most valuable crop of Australia?

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Wheat

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What is Aboriginal people regaining?

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1: Land
2: Building Schools and Hospitals on their land
3: Protecting sacred lands

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What did the Easter Island people worship?

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Birds

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Where are the Marshall Islands located?

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Micronesia

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Samoa is apart of…

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Polynesia

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Fiji is apart of…

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Melanesia

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Northernmost country in polynesia

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Hawaii

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Easter(hint hint wink wink)nmost country in Polynesia

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Easter Island

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Southernmost country in Polynesia

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New Zealand

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