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30 Cards in this Set
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most famous Antarctic explorer
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Richard Byrd
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name often used to refer to Australia due to it being completely surrounded by water
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Island Continent
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first man to reach the South Pole
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Roald Amundsen
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known as "The Land Down Under"
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Australia
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first to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent
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Charles Wilkes
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"Land Down Under" lies entirely below what important line of latitude
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equator
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famous missionary to the Pacific Islands
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John G. Paton
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section of Oceania which means "many islands"
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Polynesia
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early settlers of New Zealand
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Maoris
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first to sail around the Antarctic Circle
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Captain James Cook
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continent located "at the bottom of the world"
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Antarctica
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world's leading producer of wool
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Australia
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Australia is a member of
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Commonwealth of Nations
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section of Oceania which means "small islands'
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Micronesia
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type of government which rules Australia
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republican
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area of underground water
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artesian basin
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Australia's longest river flowing year-round
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Nurray
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native inhabitants of Australia
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Aborigines
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Australia's highest peak
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Mt. Kosciusko
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area where more languages are spoken than in any other country in the world
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Papua New Guinea
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longest coral reef in the world
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Great Barrier Reef
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place where manufacturing is done
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industrial center
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Antarctica's highest peak
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Vinson Massif
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Papua New Guinea's capital
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Port Moresby
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New Zealand's capital
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Wellington
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Australia's capital
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Canberra
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largest aresian basin in the world
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Great Artesian Basin
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migration champion of the world
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Arctic tern
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highest island peak in the world
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Mt. Wilhelm
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Be able to locate the following on a map.
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Papua New Guinea, Vinson Massif, Australia, Indian Ocean, Great Dividing Range, Wellington, Canberra, Mt. Koscuisko
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