Chapter 7 Australia & New Zeeland Flashcards
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An animal such as a kangaroo or the koala that carries its young in a body.
Marsupial
A large piece of earths 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 mountains ranges in eastern Australia.
Great Dividing Range
In general a remote area with few people, specifically, the arid inland region of Australia.
Outback
The smaller ad more northern of the 2 islands composing New Zealand.
North Island
The larger and more southern of the 2 islands composing New Zealand.
South Island
The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zealand.
Canterbury Plain
A pacific island that’s 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 rockpile material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea curtures.
Coral
The most populous of the three groups of Pacific Islands, includes Fiji, Papua, New Guinea, and others.
Melanesia
One of the three gruops 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, offically 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
Station
The earliest people to live in Australia, came from Asia over 40,000 years go
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 statue.
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
