| A | B |
|---|
| Smallest Continent | Australia |
| Driest and Flattest Continent | Australia |
| Two Islands of New Zealand | North & South |
| Melanesia | Black Islands |
| Micronesia | small islands |
| polynesia | many islands |
| high islands | melanesia/volcanic/tectonic |
| low islands | micronesia/atols |
| runs from the cape york peninsula to tasmania | Great Dividing Range |
| creates orographic precipitation in australia | great dividing range |
| outback | the term for most of australia (central and western plains & plateaus) |
| the breed of trees in Australia's center | Eucalyptus |
| primary rain forest location | cape york peninsula |
| volcanic characteristics of the N Island | geysers, hot springs, volcanoes Plateau |
| volcanic characteristics of the s Island | southern alps, rugged tectonic colisions, fjords, glaciers |
| Native trees of New Zeland | Kauri |
| coral reefs | the things that surround and help make the low Islands |
| large storms of australia and the surrounding regions | typhoons |
| Natives of Australia | Aborigines |
| Native of New Zealand | Maori |
| Occupation on New Zealand | Farming and shipping farming products (ie) |
| role of the aboriginees | maintain and protect the land (do not abuse it) |
| Population shift of Australia | to surrounding backgrounds |
| first British residents on australia | prisoners |
| the Explorer of Australia and New Zealand for Britain | Cook |
| What is a name for the Eastern shore of Australia | urban rim |
| What is the lifestyle of the outback | ranching, stations, sheep cattle |
| What did the Maoris' sign with Great Britain which gave them more rights than other colonies? | treaty |
| Which island of New Zealand has the most population | North |
| what are the largest exports of New Zealand | wool, beef, lamb |
| what is the major activity in Australia's major cities? | Shipping |
| What type of relationship did the islands of the Pacific have after WW II | Trust territories |
| What is becoming the major economic activity of the pacifie islands | Tourism |
| What level of Agriculture do the Pacific Islands primarily have? | Subsistence |
| If their is comercial farming in the pacific island what type of crops do they raise | cash |
| What is the body of calm water that is formed by the Great Barrier Reef? | Lagoon |
| What has destroyed the city of Darwin in the North twice? | Cyclones |
| What is the Aboriginee explanation of the time when the earth was created? | dream time |
| What type of wells exist in the outback | artesian |
| what other resources have been discovered in Australia | gold, iron, tungsten, bauxite, silver,nickel,led |
| what percent of people live on the north island | 70 |
| what percent live on the south island | 30 |
| how did the maoris' get to New Zealand | 100 foot canoes |
| what is another name for the low islands | atolls |
| What have the islands started doing with activities like education and transportation | combining, consolidating |
| What three types of ice cover Antarctica | ice sheets, ice shelves, pack ice |
| what are the slow rivers of ice in Antarctica | glaciers |
| what are the major cracks in the glaciers | crevasses |
| what is the average temperature of Antarctica | -70 F |
| what is the coldes temperature on Antarctica | -128 F |
| How much snow does the continent receive a year | 0.2 inches |
| where does the cold water and warm water meet | convergence zone |
| what creature lives in the convergence zone | Krill |
| How was Antarctica divided | pie |
| What two countries decided to ignore claims to Antarctica | U.S. and Russia or USSR |
| What is the greates resource of Antarctica | research |
