Vocab

Question 1

Monolith

Answer 1

A massive solid stone

Question 2

Uluru

Answer 2

A monolith (big rock) that stands on lone on a long plain in the middle of Australia
Also known as Ayers Rock
2 miles long 1100 ft tall

Question 3

Outback

Answer 3

The most rural and isolated parts of Australia
Hard to survive in
Desert

Question 4

Aboriginal

Answer 4

The first humans to live in Australia

Question 5

Coral reef

Answer 5

A giant community of marine animals called coral

Question 6

Hot springs

Answer 6

Pools of hot water that occur naturally
Forms in Rocky areas were rain seats cracks in earths surface
Exposed to intense heat

Question 7

Geyser

Answer 7

Hot Springs, that sometimes shoot hot water out of the ground
Warned by heat energy in the Earth earth

Question 8

Drought

Answer 8

Long periods of little or no rain can result in a drought

Question 9

Marsupial

Answer 9

A type of mammal that raises its young and a pouch

Question 10

Bush

Answer 10

Any large undeveloped area where a few people live
Outback

Question 11

Didgeridoo

Answer 11

A long wood or bamboo to that creates a vibrating sound

Question 12

Action song

Answer 12

A modern movement to restore memory culture
Combines body movement, music, singing

Question 13

Penal colony

Answer 13

A prison colony

Question 14

Treaty of waitangi

Answer 14

He treated that gave illegal ownership and control of New Zealand to the British, but guaranteed certain land rights to the Māori

Two copies
Tricked Māori

Question 15

Kapahaka

Answer 15

A traditional Maori, art form, combining music, dance, singing, and facial expressions

Question 16

Dominion

Answer 16

A largely self-governing country within the British empire

Question 17

Captain cook

Answer 17

Explore New Zealand during early 1770s
Reported to British that islands had great resources
Start of British colonization of New Zealand