Walkabout Australia and Oceania Gday Mates Name the

Walkabout Australia and Oceania G’day Mates!

Name the only country that occupies an entire continent……. AUSTRALIA!

What is the world’s biggest monolith (single rock)? Ayers Rock (sacred to Aborigines)

Into how many states is Australia divided? SIX STATES AND TWO TERRITORIES

Name Oceania’s 3 main groups of Pacific Islands… Melanesia (dark skinned) Micronesia (small) Polynesia (many)

Easter Island displays statues of which group of people? Moai

Maoris are from what island?

Pakehaus is a New Zealander of what national descent? European

High islands are While low islands are Coral Island Volcanic island

Oceania has 20, 000 -30, 000 islands. Why is it difficult for professionals to get an exact Count? Islands are constantly being formed and also sinking.

A group of mammals, commonly thought of as pouched mammals are called…

The largest coral reef in the world is called Great Barrier Reef

Since so many Australians children are 100 s of miles from a school, they belong to the School of the

The dry interior of Australia is known as the Outback

Australia’s highest mountain range (and continental divide) is the

Australia has many cattle and sheep ranches scattered across the outback. These ranches are called Stations

Who claimed Australia for the British in 1770?

Why were many of the early Australian settlers convicts? The British used it as a penal or prison colony.

The native Americans are to America as _________ are to Australia. Aborigines

Who are the indigenous people of Australia? Indigenous means native. Aborignines

List three of Australia’s endemic animals

Some of the unique flora (plants) to Australia include eucalyptus trees, which are the favorite food for the _____ Koala

Some of the unique ______ (animals) to Australia are marsupials. FAUNA

Australia’s assimilation policy included forcibly removing Aboriginal children from their parents.

Aboriginal children who were forcibly taken from their parents became known as The lost generation

Aboriginal beliefs are based on the legends of the ______ when ancestors sang the land living things into being.

According to an international treaty, the only continent set aside as a scientific preserve is

Why is Australia’s eastern coast humid subtropical, yet immediately west of that is arid? The Great Dividing Range blocks moisture, plus Australia lies on the Tropic of Capricorn, so there is a prevailing high pressure system.

What climate factor makes Antarctica's climate icecap? High Latitude!!

Most of Oceania is located in the Ring of Fire, so one must assume that this region experiences many

Why is Australia’s greatest population density found on the east coast? Primary reason– best climate!

Where does New Zealand rank on the HDI chart? New Zealand…… GDP 30, 400 Adult literacy 99% Life/m 80 Life/f 84 HDI 7 Gender Ineq. 34

New Zealand’s government response to skin cancer was called the ______ campaign.

Why does Australia and New Zealand plant crops in October rather than April like the USA does? We are in different hemispheres and have opposite seasons!