Unit 4 Australia Flashcards
Tectonic Plates
The outer skin or crust of Earth is broken into huge moving slabs of rock
Marsupials
Animals that carry their young in a body pouch
Geysers
Hot springs that shoot up in the air
Fiords
Narrow inlets bordered by slopes
High Islands
Mountainous islands and formed by volcanos
Low islands
Made up of coral reefs or atolls
atolls
A small coral island in the shape of a ring
Coral
A rocklike material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures
Maori
Natives of New Zealand
Aborigines
Earliest settlers in Australia
Penal Colony
A remote place where people convicted of crimes are sent
Stations
Large cattle ranches in Australia
Outback
Australian land that makes up much of the central and western part of the country
Artesian Wells
Wells which water flows under natural pressure without pumping
Two bushranger periods
Convict and Gold
States and territories of australia
Western Australia, northern Australia, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and tasmania
Which place has the most people
Melanesia
Typical dwellings of Micronesia
Thatched roofs, and Single room houses which have single room houses
Who is Guam governed by?
U.S.A
What are the two cultural groups of polynesia?
East and West Polynesia
Pacific island Climates
Tropical
What is Fiji soil good for growing?
Sugar cane
Symbol of New Zealand
Kiwi
Australia’s economy depends on…
Trade with pacific rim countries
U.S., Japan, China, and Thailand
