Be familiar with the early settlement of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. Know how it relates to Maori, Aborigines, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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Aborigines
descendants of Australia’s first inhabitants
Commonwealth of Nations
group of former British colonies
copra
coconut meat
Maori
original settlers of New Zealand
matrilineal societies
society in which ancestry is traced through the mother's family
Melanesia
island group in Oceania to which Southeast Asians first migrated
Micronesia
island group in Oceania into which settlers spread from Melanesia
patrilineal societies
society in which ancestry is traced through the father's family
Polynesia
island group in Oceania whose inhabitants first settled New Zealand
