Oceania

Outback

Dry, sparsely populated region that dominates the center of Australia.

Great Dividing Range

Long mountain range that runs along the eastern edge of Australia

Great Barrier Reef

Located off the northeast coast of Australia, this is the world’s largest coral reef system.

Southern Hemisphere

Because it is located in the ________________, Australia experiences seasons at opposite times of the US.

Dry Climate

The majority of Australia has this climate

Mild Climate

Most of New Zealand, along with the east coast of Australia, has this climate.

Tropical climate

The majority of the Islands of Oceania, along with the northern coast of Australia, experiences this climate.

Marsupials

Animals that raise their young in a pouch on their mother’s body (such a kangaroos and koalas).

Oceania

A region that includes 10,000 islands and 14 countries within the Pacific Ocean.

Australia

The only place on Earth that is both a country and a continent.

Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia

The three regions within Oceania

High islands

The islands of Oceania that have steep slopes and high landforms.

Low islands

The islands of Oceania that are small, flat islands with sandy beaches.

Atoll

Ring-shaped reef or island

Lagoon

A shallow body of water within an atoll

Ring of Fire

A region located in the Pacific Ocean that includes a string of hundreds of volcanoes.

Aboriginal

The native people of Australia

Maori

The native people of New Zealand

Indigenous

Native to a region or place

At least 50,000 years ago

Historians estimate that the first Aboriginal people to live in Australia came about _______________.

800 - 1300 CE

The first Maori people arrived in New Zealand around _____________

The Dreamtime

According to Aboriginal culture, this is the period in which life was created.

Tikanga

Maori customs and traditions that have been passed down through many generations.

Kapahaka / Haka

A traditional Maori dance

Colonize

To settle and establish control over an area

Britain

Australia and New Zealand were colonized by _____________

Penal Colony

Australia became this type of colony for Britain as thousands of British convicts were sent to the island.

Independence

Freedom from the control or rules of others

1901

Australia began to gain its independence in ______

1907

New Zealand began to gain its independence in ________

3%

Today, only about _____% of Australia’s population in made up of Aboriginal people

10%

Today, only about _____% of New Zealand’s population in made up of Maori