Oceania and the Poles

Aboriginal

Australia’s first human settlers

Assimilation

pressuring minority groups to be absorbed into larger group, giving up practices

Commonwealth

Political community founded for the common good

Indigenous

Naqtive to the area

Oral tradition

passing down traditions by generation by way of mouth

renewable energy

energy from sources that do not run out

seafarers

sea travelers

Where does most of Australia and New Zealand’s population live and why?

Along the coasts: better climate, a lot of water, trade

What things threaten the survival of the Great Barrier Reef?

Climate change, pollution, tourism

What was life like for prisoners who were sent to colonize Australia?

Comfortable: built colonies, live in homes, run businesses

what is assisted migration and how did it impact australia

Encourages to move by giving financial help which drew many people into country, increase in population

Impact of colonization on aborigine

many were killed, forced to live on services, had to follow laws, forcing assimilation

Impacts of immigration on Australia

increase in diversity, labor force, ethnic makeup

what is Uluru? Why is it important to the Aboriginal people?

landmark in australian outback

formed by ancestral beings during Dreaming

what is the Stolen Generation

children were separated from parents and placed in mission schools and homes

What is life like today for the Aboriginal people and the Maori? What challenges do they still face?

A= high unemployment, illiteracy rates, bad healthcare, education, social/political inequality

M= legal/land rights

Geothermal energy

heat energy from within the earth turned into electricity

maori people

indigenous people of New Zealand

Treatu of Waitangi and how it caused conflict

granted Maori legal/land rights but it was ignored for 100 years

where do most of papua new guinea population live and lifestyle?

RUAL, traditional societies, subsistence farming

who colonized the Pacific Islands

British, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Americans

Pacific Way

Governs Pacific Islands: based on traditional ideas of power/problem solving such as community meeting

What possessions does the US have in the Pacific?

American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, Midway Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Wake Island

Traditional Polynesian Culture

Families live together, oral traditional stories, arts

How many people live permanently in Antartica

0

Antarctic Treaty

Antarctica can only be used for peaceful purposes and discoveries must be internationally shared