Transcript Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Antarctica Australian Aborigines

Australia,
New Zealand,
Oceania,
Antarctica
Australian Aborigines
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Aborigine = “native”
Hunters
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Land sacred
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Polytheistic
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Arrived in Australia over 40,000
years ago (yes, really, not a
typo)
MAORI: Indigenous peoples of
New Zealand
ABORIGINAL ARTWORK
•Depicts deep
meaning told
through stories
•Symbols =
represent natural
surroundings.
Thunder &
Lightening
EUROPEAN COLONIZATION OF
AUSTRALIA (1780’S)
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“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.
ECONOMY
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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.
SOCIAL/CULTURE
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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?
NEW ZEALAND
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Group of islands in S.
Pacific
mountainous
Temperate climate with
sharp regional contrasts.
OCEANIA
(ALSO REFERRED TO AS: PACIFIC ISLANDS OR SOUTH SEA ISLANDS)
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1000’s of tiny islands
scattered between Hawaii
& The Philippines.
Subregions:
Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia.
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Economy: Fishing.
Over-fishing…economic
problem.
Island life: simple, complex
customs & rituals.
COLONIZATION OF THE PACIFIC
BIKINI ATOLL
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Site of US nuclear testing 1946-1958.
Radiation prevented natives from returning.
GREAT BARRIER REEF
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Worlds largest coral reef system
RING OF FIRE
MARIANA TRENCH
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Deepest part of the world's
oceans, & deepest location on
the surface of the Earth’s
crust.
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35,798 feet at deepest point
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In the NW Pacific Ocean, near
Japan.
ANTARCTICA
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Worlds largest desert
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Colder than the North
Pole…Land is colder than
water.
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Only scientists stay in
Antarctica: There are
scientists from just about
every nation…
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5% rock, rest is ice
ANTARCTICA