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14082 Unit 10
| 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 reefs and islands along Australia's northeast coast, containing some 400 species of coral. |
| Outback | The dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia. |
| Voyaging Canoe | A large ship developed by Pacific Islanders to sail the ocean. |
| Outrigger Canoe | A small ship used in the lagoons of islands wherePacific Islanders settled. |
| 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. |
| Mandala | A state organized as a ring of power around a central court, which often changed size over time, and which was instead of borders in early Southeast Asian states. |
| Khmer Empire | A 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 American involvement in South Vietnam to prevent its takeover by Communist North Vietnam. |
| ASEAN | The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an alliance that promotes economic growth and peace in the region. |
| Micronesia | One of the three regions in Oceania, meaning "tiny islands". |
| Melanesia | A region in Oceania meaning "black islands". |
| Polynesia | One of three region in Oceania, meaning "many islands". |
| Subsistence Activities | An activity in which a family produces only th food, clothing, and shelter they themselves need. |
| Copra | The dried meat of coconuts. |
| Taro | A tropical Asian plant with a starchy root, which can be eaten as a boiled vegetable or made into breads, puddings, or a paste 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 Polynesia more than 1,000 years ago. |
| Treaty of Waitangi | The treaty signed by the British and Maori in 1840 giving Britain control over New Zealand. |
| Pakeha | A Maori term for white people, for the New Zealanders of European descent. |
| Assimilation | A process whereby a minority group gradually gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of a majority group. |
| Stolen Generation | In Australia, what Aboriginal people today call the 100,000 mixed-raced children who were taken by the government and given to white families to promote assimilation. |
| Land Rights Act of 1976 | A special law passed for Aboriginal rights in Australia giving Aboriginal people the right to claim land in the Northern Territory. |
| Mabo Case | In Australia, the law case that upheld Aboriginal Eddie Mabo's land and claim by which the Court recognized that Aboriginal people had owned land before the British arrived. |
| Pastoral Leases | In Australia, a huge chunk of land still owned by the government; ranchers take out leases, renting the land from the government. |
| Wik Case | In Australia, the court ruled in this case that Aborigianl people could claim land held under a pastoral lease. |
| Industrialization | The growth of industry in a country or a society. |
| Push-Pull Factors | Pull: a factor that draws people or attracts people to another location. Push: a factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region. |