Australia And New Zealand Ch 7 Vocab. Flashcards
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A large piece of earth’s crust
Tectonic plate
An animal, such as a kangaroo or koala that carries its young in a body pouch.
Marsupial
A hot spring that shoots scalding hot 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 very few people, specifically the arid inland region of Australia
The outback
The smaller and more northern of the two islands composing New Zealand
North island.
The larger and more southern of the two islands composing New Zealand
South Island
The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zealand
Canterbury plain
A pacific island that had been formed by a volcano and is usually mountainous
High island
A pacific island that is a reef or small coral island in the shape of a ring.
Low island
An island made of coral and shaped like a ring.
Atoll
A rocklike material made up of the skeletons I tiny sea creatures.
Coral
The most populous of the three groups if pacific islands, includes Guam, the Marshall Islands an others.
Melanesia
One of the three groups of pacific islands, includes Guam, the Marshall Islands an 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 fist 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 Easter Pacific Ocean part of Polynesia known for its goat human head statues.
Eater island.
A town in norther territory Australia.
Alice springs
The capital of new south whales on the southeastern coast of Australia.
Sydney.
