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ch.30-32
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| archipelago | a set of closely grouped islands |
| oceania | the group of islands in the pacific,including Melanesia, Micronesia, and polynesia |
| high island | pacific islands created by volcanoes |
| low island | pacific islands made of coral reefs |
| great barrier reef | a 1,250 mile chain of more than 2,500 reef and islands along Australia northeast coast, containing some 400 species of coral |
| outback | the dry unpopulated inland region of Australia |
| voyaging canoe | a large developed ship pacific islanders to sail the ocean |
| outrigger canoe | a small ship used in the lagoons of islands where pacific islanders settle |
| atoll | a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon |
| bikini atoll | the isolated reef located in the marshall islands of the central pacific that was the site of us nuclear bomb tests consequently contaminating the atoll with high levels of radiation and driving inhabitants away |
| mandala | a state organized as a ring of power around the central court which often changed in size over time and which was used instead if borders in the early southeast Asian states |
| Khmer empire | powerful empire that lasted roughly from the 9th to the 15th centuries in what is now cambodia |
| indochina | a French colony comprised of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam it won independence from France in 1954 |
| Vietnam war | the military conflict resulting from america involvement in south Vietnam to prevent its takeover by communists north veiatnam |
| ASEAN | the association of southeast Asia nations, an alliance that promotes economic growth and peace in region |
| micronesia | one of the three regions in Oceania, meaning tiny islands |
| melanesia | a region in Oceania meaning , black islands |
| polynesia | one of three reigns in Oceania, meaning, many islands |
| subsistence activities | an activity in which a family produces only the food and clothing and shelter they themselves need |
| copra | a dried meat of cocunut |
| taro | tropical asian plant with a starchy root, which can be eating as a boiled vegetable or made into breads and pudding, or a past called poi. |
| penal colony | a place to send prisoners |
| aboriginal people | people who migrated to Australia from asia at least 40,000 years ago the original settlers of the land |
| maori | the first settlers of new Zealand who had migrated from polynisia more than 1000 years |
| treaty of waitangi | |
| pakeha |
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