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Geog 251 Exam 2

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What does the term "oceana" encompass austrailia, new zealand, new guinea, Pacific World Islands
What are the two subregions of oceana Australasia (australia and new zealand) and the pacific world (polynesia, micronesia, melanesia
Why is new zealand part of both polynesia and australasia? The indigenous people of new zealand are from the eastern pacific, while it is physically in the australasia region
Where are the polynesian people decended from? Melanesian people.
What colonies still exist in the pacific world? French polynesia, new caledonia (france) and Guam (US)
WDefine Exclusive Economic Zone and it's top economic markets 200 nautical miles around any state....commercial fishing, tourism, and mining
What is the "big wet" and where does it occur rainy season in northern austrailia happens around christmas time
What is the climate around central austrailia and the western plateau continental desert with very little rain ever
What is the climate in the southwest, south, and southeast corners of austrailia Mediterranian temperate humid. Most austrailians live in this area
Climate of new zealand North island has a temperate climate, southern island is colder, and sub-arctic towards its south
Who was austrailia and new zealand colonized by and when Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries
Define Ecological imperialism where new animals, plants, pests, diseases, and people came to predominate in a landscape where they hadn't before
What is the "white austrailia policy" and other means of seperation and sorting of people and landscape in Austrailia The White Australia policy comprises various historical policies that intentionally restricted "non-white" immigration to Australia from 1901 to 1973. The end of the White Australia policy came in 1975.
When was austrailia colonized? Late 18th century
When did the economy of austrailia take off? Late 1800's with gold rushes and land booms
Define "Terra Nullius" and it's implications for aboriginees "no mans land" and it meant that the aborigal people had no claim to any of the land
What is the treaty of waitangi A treaty signed in the 1840's between the british and the maori people that gave them more land and cultural rights, and granted them british citezenship
What does the region "sub-saharan africa" cover? south of the sahara desert, including 44 different countries and 4 large sub-regions
What are the Sub-regions of Sub Sahara Africa West Africa, Equatorial/Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa
What are some notable characteristics of Sub Saharan Africa? Large expanses of high plateaus, several internal basins, inland river deltas, great rift valley across east africa
WWhat are some characteristics of the Great Rift Valley, Vocanically Active (mount kilimanjaro), north-south mountain ranges w/ central valley formed by the puling apart of tectonic plates, larges lakes within the valley (victoria) Areas of large scale settlement in the valley and surrounding hills
What are some notable african climate and biogeographical elements? Dry north wind across the sahara (harmattan), rainy and dry seasons across west and east africa, along the equatorial tropical belt there are large areas of highlands
When did europeans powers start colonizing africa After 1885 (the scramble for africa following the berlin conference)
Why are the colonial transportation systems in africa ill suited for linking the continent? They were build to export resources, not to link the continent
the degree of benefit to people from natural resource-based economies depends on many factors such as: (1) the relationship of national and local government and communities with transnational corporations (2) Relationships between local people and governments over resource extraction and benefits (3) The significance of resource revenues
What is significant about nigeria's oil sector? It is the largest in africa, but the benefits to the local people are very small
 

 



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