australia, new zealand, oceania, antarctica. australian aborigines aborigine = “native” ...
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Australia, New Zealand,
Oceania, Antarctica
Australian Aborigines
Aborigine = “native”
Hunters
Land sacred
Polytheistic
Arrived in Australia over 40,000 years ago (yes, really, not a typo)
MAORI: Indigenous peoples of New Zealand
•Depicts deep meaning told through stories
•Symbols = represent natural surroundings.
Thunder & Lightening
ABORIGINAL ARTWORK
“First Fleet”: 11 British ships sailed from England (1787) to est. colony in Australia.
Seeking: spices, tea, luxury goods.
Cleared land for agriculture & farming, relocated aborigines.
Australian Gold Rush (1851) brought Europeans.
British convicts built infrastructure.
After WWII, Australian gov’t promoted European immigration.
Australia: developed, modern free market economy.
Abundant natural resources
Impacted by US/European Economic issues.
New Zealand: economy: Wool, switched to exporting frozen meat/dairy products as a result of colonization.
Australia: greenhouse gas pollution a MAJOR problem – 2010 govt enacted controls.
Education in the isolated Outback: School via radio, email, video, satellite.
90% of population of Australia: European descent
In your notes, indicate where most of the population is found in Australia.
How does the climate influence population distribution?
Group of islands in S. Pacific
mountainous Temperate climate
with sharp regional contrasts.
1000’s of tiny islands scattered between Hawaii & The Philippines.
Subregions: Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia.
Economy: Fishing. Over-fishing…
economic problem. Island life: simple,
complex customs & rituals.
Site of US nuclear testing 1946-1958. Radiation prevented natives from returning.
Worlds largest coral reef system
Deepest part of the world's oceans, & deepest location on the surface of the Earth’s crust.
35,798 feet at deepest
point
In the NW Pacific Ocean, near Japan.
Worlds largest desert Worlds largest desert
Colder than the North Colder than the North Pole…Land is colder Pole…Land is colder than water. than water.
Only scientists stay in Antarctica: There are scientists from just about every nation…
5% rock, rest is ice