Australia and New Zealand Flashcards
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An animal, such as a kangaroo or a koala that carries its young in a body pouch.
Marsupial
A large piece of the Earth’s crust.
Tectonic Plate
A hot spring that shoots scalding water into the air.
Geyser
A narrow bay or inlet from the sea bordered by steep cliffs.
Fiord
A series of Plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia.
Great Dividing Range
In general. a remote area with few pople, speciifically, the arid inland region.
Outback
The smaller and more northern of the two islands composing New Zealand
North Island
The larger and more southern of the two islands comosing New Zealand..
South Island
The lowland area of east central South Isalnd, New Zealand.
Canterbury Plain
Th most populous of the three groups of Pacific islands, includes Fiji,Papua New Guinea, and others.
Melanesia
One if the three groups of Pacific islands, includes Guam, the Marshall Islands, and others.
Micronesia
The largest of the three groups of Pacific islands, including New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter, and Tahiti islands.
Polynesia
An island country in the Southwest Pacific, the eastern half of New Guinea,officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea
A place settled by convicts or prisoners, the British founded the first colony in Australia.
Penal Colony
In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle ranch.
Station
The earliest people to live in Australia, came from Asia over 40,000 years ago.
Aborigine
The earliest people to live in New Zealand, came from Polynesia about 1,000 years ago.
Maori
An island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia, known for its giant human head statues.
Easter Island
The largest city in New Zealand, located on North Island.
Auckland
A deep well drilled into the Earth to tap groundwater in porous rock.
Artesian Well
The capital of New South Wales, on the southeastern coast of Australia.
Sydney
A town in Northern Territory, Australia.
Alice Springs
