BJU World Studies Chapter 10

High islands

type of island; volcanic; better to live on and for plants; consistent moisture; provides drinking water; fertile volcanic soil; find needed supplies

Low islands

type of island; dry; less rain; coral sand; great damage from high waves and tropical storms

Melanesia

named after the dark-skinned people who live on the islands

Micronesia

small and low islands

Solomon Islands

named after King Solomon of the Bible and his great riches

Marquesas

named after the viceroy of Peru

Tasmania

island Tasman named after himself

New Zealand

island Tasman discovered

Tahiti

island Bougainville claimed for France- Enlightenment philosophers used to the natives as examples of man's natural goodness

scurvy

deadly disease caused by a lack of vitamin C in diet

Maoris

natives of New Zealand

Aborigines

natives of Australia

didgeridoo

a musical instrument made out of eucalyptus wood

Marn Grook

a game w/ elements of football and soccer,

New South Wales

land Cook claimed for England

Sydney Cove

a cove in Australia Phillip settled in

Australia Day

celebrated because of the Fleet arriving on January 26, 1788

Great Dividing Range

steep rock faces and giant gorges; confined colonists to live by the ocean

Outback

a mixture of desert regions, plains, and mountains

South Australia

southwest colony from Sydney

Victoria

colony named after Queen Victoria of England

Commonwealth of Australia

made up of six states

Canberra

capital of of Australia; similar to Washington, D.C.

Thor Heyerdahl

Norwegian explorer who thought that the first Polynesians came from South America rather than Asia

Alvaro de Mendana

explorer for Spain that discovered the Solomon Islands- died from tropical fever

Pedro Fernandez de Quiros

Navigator for Mendana

Netherlands/Dutch

Country that Abel Tasman explored for

England

Country that James Cook explored for

Gregory Blaxland

Found a passage through the Great Dividing Range

Dingo, kangaroo, Kuala,

Animals found in Australia

Kon-Tiki

Name of Thor Heyerdahl's expedition

James Chalmers

Missionary to New Guinea- was killed and eaten by the natives

Diseases were brought, culture was influences, missionaries brought the gospel, land was taken from the natives- both positive and negative

Impact the Europeans had on the Pacific Islands

Polynesian

Many islands