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45 Cards in this Set
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Raising plants and fruit on small plots of land is called... |
Horticulture |
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The major language of Australia and New Zealand is... |
English |
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A major commercial port in Australia is... |
Melbourne |
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A rancher in New Zealand is called a ... |
Grazer |
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In Australia and New Zealand where do most of the people live? |
Along the coast |
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The.... is located off the northeast coast of ... |
Great barrier reef, Australia |
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Most of the South island in New Zealand is covered by ... |
Snowy mountains |
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The first people to live in the islands if Oceania probably came from .. |
Asia |
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What group if people may be the world's oldest surviving culture |
Aborigines |
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A largely self governing country within the British Empire is called a .. |
Dominion |
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The most widely practiced religion in Australia and New Zealand is.. |
Christianity |
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The country with 25 times more farm animals than people is .. |
New Zealand |
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Who is the leading exporter of diamonds, bauxite, and iron ore |
Australia |
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.... developed the ... A heavy stick that curves In flight as a tool for... |
Australian aborigines, boomerang, hunting |
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Who were the first European settlers in Australia |
Prisoners |
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Dried coconut meat is called .. |
Copra |
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An Australian ranch is called a |
Station |
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Which country is the world's leading producer of wool |
Australia |
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Global warming may be related to a hole in the ozone layer over... |
Antarctica |
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Who is the major exporter of copra? |
Fiji |
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Australia and New Zealand are the South Pacific region's major producers of ... |
Manufactured goods |
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During the 1900s Australia and New Zealand traded mainly with whom |
The us and the uk |
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.... are characterized by mountains ranges split by valleys that fan out into coastal areas |
High islands |
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Many people in Oceania grow food for themselves through .... |
Subsistence farming |
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.... lies mostly between the equator and the topic of Capricorn |
Oceania |
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What us territory is in Micronesia |
Guam |
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Maori artisans continue the tradition of elaborate... |
Wood carvings |
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Violent storms formed in the doldrums are called... |
Typhoons |
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Dry, low islands grow only what |
Shrubs and grasses |
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Several tree species have been imported to new Zealand to combat ... in the forest |
Erosion |
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On the island of New Britain seashells are still used as ... |
Currency |
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... are dependant areas that the United nations place under temporary control of another country |
Trust territories |
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Because Oceanias nations are so small, service industries in most of Oceania are limited to... |
Tourism |
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Australia's great dividing range and western plateau are separated by the.... |
Central lowlands |
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Polynesias largest island is called |
Tahiti |
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The phenomenon that could lead to flooding of many islands in Oceania is .... |
Global warming |
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Mammals whose young must mature in a pouch after birth are called |
Marsupials |
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The country if Nauru has recently become involved with..... An In common activity in... |
International banking, Oceania |
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An island formed by ancient rock from the ocean floor is called a... |
Continental island |
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Islands formed by the build up of coral reefs on submerged volcanoes are called ... |
Low islands |
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Because of Australia's long isolation, many ..... are found there |
Unique animals |
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... is the substance that provides food for organisms that make up the coral reefs |
Algae |
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The chain of predators and their food sources in an ecosystem is called a |
Food web |
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Australia and New Zealand must import.... and ... to set up export manufacturing |
Machinery and raw materials |
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The weather event known as ... can cause droughts and cyclones |
El Nino |
