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| Bikini Atoll | the isolated reef, located in the Marshall Islands of the central Pacific, that was the site of U.S. nuclear bomb tests, consequently cataminating the atoll with high levels of radiation and driving it's habitants away
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| Agriculture | SEA has the greatest diversities of vegetation in any region, evergreen & decidious trees, Oceania does not have a diverse vegetation - have poor soil & little rain
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| Outrigger Canoe | a small ship used in the lagoons of islands where Pacific Islanders settled
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| Population | most people that settled in the Pacific came from SEA, used stars as guide to navigation & charts and small rafts
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| Rabbits | Europeans brought rabbits to Australia, Thomas A. released 24 rabbits to hunt & the rabbit population grew faster than ever, killed crops & vegetation, imported foxes to prey on the rabbits, build fence,goverment killed all rabbits
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| Oceania | the group of islands in the Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, no one knows how many islands there are b/c some vanish and some are created
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| Wellington | the capital of New Zealand
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| Christchurch | one of the main cities of New Zealand
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| Southern Alps. | 300 mi mountain range located in South Island, New Zealand which contains 16 peaks over 10,000 ft high and more than 360 glaciers and several rivers flow east
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| Great Barrier Reef | A 1250 mi chain of more than 2500 reefs and islands along Australia's northeast coast, containing some 400 species of coral, often called world's largest coral reef
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| High Islands | Pacific island created by volcanoes
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| Voyaging Canoes | a large ship developed by Pacific Islanders to sail the ocean, able to carry a lot of weight, sails took advange of winds
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| Atoll | A ringike coral isaland or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon
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| Ring of Fire | the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim, many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes happen in this region
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| Icecap | Antartica climate area is an icecap
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| Atomic Testing | US chose Bikini for testing b/c it's far from shipping and air travel routes, moved habitants away, many of these testings caused to contaminate the entire area with high levels of radiation and many islanders became injured or ill
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| Australia | flattest continent, few rivers, moderate (very hot) climates, marine west coast climate, 1/3 is desert, rich in minerals- world's leading supplier of diamods, opals, lead, coal, bauxite
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| Tasman Sea | located to the north of New Zealand
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| Pegasus Bay | located east of the South Island of New Zealand
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| New Zealand | has 2 main islands, North&South, few mineral resources, has marine west coast climate, receives year-round rainfall, North has fertile farmland,
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| Outback | the dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia, receive medical care from the Royal Flying Doctor Service
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| Low Islands | Pacific Islands made of coral reefs
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