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Southeast Asia, Oceania Southeast Asia, Oceania and Antarctica and Antarctica
Archipelagoes Archipelagoes
Set of closely grouped islands Set of closely grouped islands
Oceania Oceania
All the collective Pacific islands All the collective Pacific islands (somewhere around 20,000) are known as (somewhere around 20,000) are known as Oceania Oceania
Unknown b/c constantly being created and Unknown b/c constantly being created and destroyeddestroyed
High islands=islands created by volcanoesHigh islands=islands created by volcanoes Low islands=islands made up of coral Low islands=islands made up of coral
reefsreefs Few natural resources and mineralsFew natural resources and minerals
Notable Islands of Oceania: New Notable Islands of Oceania: New Guinea, Fiji & the Solomon IslandsGuinea, Fiji & the Solomon Islands
Fiji
New Guinea New Guinea
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands
New ZealandNew Zealand
North IslandNorth Island Fertile farmlands, Fertile farmlands,
forests and portsforests and ports
South IslandSouth Island 300 mile mountain 300 mile mountain
range (Southern Alps)range (Southern Alps)
Southern Alps of New ZealandSouthern Alps of New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand
Highlights of Australia Highlights of Australia
The Great Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier Reef Largest reefLargest reef Unique plant &Unique plant &
Animal lifeAnimal life
Illegal to take from reefIllegal to take from reef
Australian Unique AnimalsAustralian Unique Animals
Aboriginal PeoplesAboriginal Peoples
Migrated from AsiaMigrated from Asia At European At European colonization 500 colonization 500 different tribes, different tribes, 200 different lang.200 different lang. Hunter/gatherersHunter/gatherers
The Aborigines Children The Aborigines Children
Stolen GenerationStolen Generation Forced AssimilationForced Assimilation
European colonization/controlEuropean colonization/control
Late 1700’s Great Britain colonizesLate 1700’s Great Britain colonizes Penal colony & navy basePenal colony & navy base 1851 Gold rush1851 Gold rush Still part of the British commonwealth 1901Still part of the British commonwealth 1901
Nuclear Test Sites…Marshall Nuclear Test Sites…Marshall Islands and Bikini AtollIslands and Bikini Atoll
60+ nuclear tests60+ nuclear tests Dangerous levels of Dangerous levels of
radiation caused radiation caused Bikini residents to Bikini residents to leave—returned in leave—returned in 1978 only to find birth 1978 only to find birth defects, cancer, etc…defects, cancer, etc…US cleanup began in US cleanup began in 1988—still unfit for 1988—still unfit for human lifehuman life
Nuclear Testing in the 1950sNuclear Testing in the 1950s
Australian natural resourcesAustralian natural resources
MineralsMinerals Largest diamond producerLargest diamond producer Gold, copper, zinc etcGold, copper, zinc etc Outback--expensiveOutback--expensive
Farm productsFarm products Agricultural/dairy etcAgricultural/dairy etc
RanchingRanching
Australian Outback Australian Outback
Australian RanchAustralian Ranch
Anartica Anartica
Take Five…Take Five…
Complete the skillbuilder questions on pg. Complete the skillbuilder questions on pg. 706706