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Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia), Oceania, Anartica

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Southeast Asia has 2 subregions:   1)The southeast corner of the Asian Mainland 2) Many Island  
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Both the mainland and the Islands have many________   High Mountains  
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Southeast Asian Mainland lies on_______   Two Peninsulas - The Indochinese Peninsula & The Maylay Peninsula  
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The Indochinese Peninsula has a _______shape   Rectangular shape  
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The Maylay Peninsula has a ________shape   Long & Narrow shape  
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The Maylay Peninsula is _______Long   700 miles Long  
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The Maylay Peninsula serves as ________   A Bridge between the Mainland & the Islands  
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Most of the Islands od Southeast Asia are found in ______   Archipelagoes  
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Archepelagoes -   Is a set of closely grouped Islands, which sometimes form a urved arch  
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Southeast Asia Includes _______   Two Peninsulas of Asia, Two Continents and more than 20,000 Islands  
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The Phillipines and the Islands of Indonesia are part of _______   the Maylay Archipelago  
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The Southeast Asian Mainland has several ______   Mountain Ranges such as the Annamese Cordillera Mountains .  
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On the Islads most of the Mountains are _________   Volcanic Mountains  
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Southeast Asia is part of the ______   Ring of Fire  
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in Southeast Asia Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes ________   Occur frequently in this region  
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The Mainland has several large_______   Rivers that run north and south thru the Valleys between the mountain ranges  
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The Mekong river starts in China and goes thru several countries before becoming_______   a Wide Delta on Vietnams coast  
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Millions rely on the Mekong River for ________   Farming and Fishing  
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Because S.E. Asia Peninsulas and Islands give it a Long Irregular Coastline with many Ports________   there has been a great deal of Seagoing Travel and Trade  
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_________ is a Valuable resource in S.E. Asia   Fertle Soil  
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Volcanic Activity and Flooding Rivers both______________   Add Nutrients to the soil and Keep it rich  
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S.E. Asians have access to large numbers of ________   Fish in the rivers and seas  
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Part of the region have mineral resources such as ________   Petrolium, Tin, & Gems which Industry an use  
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No one knows exactly how many Islands are n the Pacific Ocean but some estimate there are more than _______   20,000  
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As a group the Pacific Islands are called ________   Oceania  
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The Phillipines, Indonesia, and other Islands near the mainland are________   NOT consdiered part of Oceania because they have cultural ties to Asia  
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In the Southwestern Pacific lies New Zealand and Australia   They are often cosidered part of Oceania, even though Australia is a continent not an Island  
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One reason Geographers don't know the number of Islands in Oceania is that ______   It keeps Changing  
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Erosion causes some Islands to   Vanish  
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Other forces create new ________   Islands  
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Most pacific Islands fall into 2 categories   1) High Islands - Created by Volcanoes 2) Low Islands - Made of Coral Reefs  
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A few of Oceania's Islands are Large   But most are small  
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If you added the land area of all of the Islands together_________   the total would be smaller than the area of Alaska  
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Oceania is not rich in ______   resoures  
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The low Islands have poor soil and______   most of the Islands lack (don't have) Minerals  
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New Caladonia has ________   Nickel, Chromium and Iron  
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New Guinea has _______   Copper, gold & Oil  
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Nauru has _________   Phosphate  
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Fiji and The Solomon Islands have _______   Gold  
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The Scarcity of Resources has made it_______   Difficult to develop Industry  
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New Zealand has two Main Islands   North Island and South Island  
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Ruing down the middle of South Island is _______   a 300 mile long Mountain range called the Southern Alps  
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The Southern Alps have ________   16 Peaks over 10,000 feet high and more than 360 Glaciers  
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Several rivers run down _______   the Southern Alps to the ocean  
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The North Island has ________   Hilly ranges and a volcanic plateau, but is much less mountainous than The South Island  
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North Island Has _________   fertile farmland and forests that support the lumber Industry  
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The North Island Has _________   Natural Harbours that are used for Seaports  
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North Island Has _______   many rivers running from the Mountains to the Sea  
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New Zealand has Very Few   Mineral resources  
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New Zealands Swift flowing Rivers   have allowed people to build Dams that Generate Electricity  
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New Zeland's North Island has a ___________   Volcanic Area with underground steam. Engineers have found ways to use the steam to power generators  
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Australia is the smallest   Continent on Earth. It is also the Flattest  
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Near the East Coast running Parallel to it is a chain of Highlands called   The Great Dividing Range  
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The Mountains in Australia are ______   Low , few rise higher than 5,000 Ft.  
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To the west of the Great Dividing range lies_______   a vast expanse of plains and plateaus broken only by a few mountains  
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Australia has very Few_______   Rivers  
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The largest River in Australia is________   the Murray River which flows into the Southern Ocean  
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________ is NOT a major Industry in Australia   Forestry  
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Australia is rich in _______   Minerals  
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It is the World's Leading Supplier of _______   Buxite, Diamonds, Opals, Lead and Coal  
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Along Australia's Northeast Coast Lies _________   The World's Largest Coral Reef , The Great Barrier Reef  
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The Great Barrier reef is really a 1,250 mile chain of _____________   More than 2,500 reefs and Islands. Some 400 species of Coral are found there  
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Antarctica is the_____   5th Largest Continent  
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Circular in Shape it is _________   at the center of the South Pole  
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The Land of Anarctica is hidden under______   Thick Ice  
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TransArctic Mountains________   Divides Anarctica in two  
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East Anarctica is a Plateau _____________   Surrounded by Mountains and Valleys  
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West Antartica is a group of ___________   Seperate Islands linked only by the ice that covers them  
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Anartica's Ice Sheet is_________   The largest supply of Fresh Water in the world  
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Geologist believe that __________   Coal, Minerals, and even Oil might lie under Antartica's Ice  
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In 1991 26 Countries agreed _________   Not to Mine Antartica for 50 Years  
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Tropical Climates cover most of _________   South East Asia and Oceania  
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Tropical Climates fall into two categories depending on when it rains during the year   1) Tropical Wet (Year Round Rain) 2) Tropical Wet / Dry ( Periods of Wet and Dry weather)  
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A Tropical Wet Climate is found in _____   Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Oceania and in most of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Phillipines.  
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Temperatures are High in______   S.E. Asia - The Average annual Temp is 80 F  
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Parts of S.E. Asia get over 100 inches of Rain a year and ____   Some receive more than 200 inches a year  
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There can be some Variation, Elevation, Ocean Breezes and other factors __________   Can create Cooler Temperatures (For Example Indonesia has some High Mountain Elevations that have Glaciers  
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In a Tropical Wet / Dry Climate ________   Monsoons shape the Weather  
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Monsoons are winds that ____   Cause wet and dry seasons  
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This Climate is found in parts of ________   Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam Parts of Oceania and Northern Australia also have this climate  
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Local conditions and Landfroms (like Mountains) ______   Can affect the weather  
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Areas with monsoons can _________   Experience Disasterous weather  
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During the wet season Typhoons can occur in _____   S.E. Asia & Oceania  
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S.E. Asia has one of the most Diverse varieties of Plants of any region   It has a remarkable number of trees SpeciesNear the equator are tropical Evergreen Froests while Decidious Forests are more common in the wet /dry climate zone. Teak Trees ( Valuable tree sold Commercially are harvested from these Decidious Forests  
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S.E. Asia has _________   Many types of Plants  
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In General Oceania does not have _________   Diverse Vegetation, the low Islands have poor soil and small amounts of rain, so plants don'r grow well  
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Some high Islands have________   Rich soil and plentiful rain so they have abundant flowers, and trees such as coconut palms  
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Australia is the only onhabited continent that________   lies completely in the Southern Hemisphere  
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New Zeland is _______   Even farther south that Australia  
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Australia and New Zealand have______   Generally Moderate Climates  
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Australia has mountains called the great Dividing Range, Between it and the ocean are two climate Zones   The Northern Part has a Humid Subtropical Zone, with hot summers, mild winters and heavy rainfall (it is one of Australia's wettest areas, it gets over 126 inches of rain a year)  
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The Humid Subtropical Climate also exists in _________   Northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar  
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New Zealand and Southeastern Australia have a Marine West Coast Climate   The seasons have mild temperatures because ocean breezes warm the land in the winter and cool it in the summer  
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New Zealand's Forests consists primarily of__________   Evergreens and tree ferns which thrive is the Marine West Coast climate  
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New Zealand receives Rainfall_______   Year-round although amounts vary greatly from one part of the country to another  
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The Mountainous inland area are colder that the ______   Coastal areas. Temperatures drop about 3 degrees for every 1,000 foot rise in elevation  
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Mountains influence Australia's Climate also   The Great Dividing Range forces moisture bearing clouds & winds to rise and shed their rain beforemoving inland  
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For that reason the Marine West Coast and Humid Sub Tropical Climates__________   Exist only on the east coast  
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The East Coast is ________   Australia's most heavily Populated region.  
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The Moist Coasts are the only part of Australia with enough rain ________   for trees to grow taller than 300 feet  
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There are many types of deserts   Two very different types of deserts exist in Australia and Antartica  
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One Third of Australia is ________   Desert, Lying in an Oval in the center of the continent  
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The Australian desert _____   Gets less than 10 inches of rain a year and is too dry for agriculture or grazing  
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Encircling the Australian desert is a _____   Band of Semi-arrid (Dry) Climate that receives no more than 20 Inches of rain a year. Crops can only be grown using irrigation  
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Several Factors cause Australia's Dryness   Australia is very Hot so rain evaporates easily and Mountains and Uplands force the wind from the ocean to rise and shed their rain on the coasts instead of the interior.  
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Very few people live______   In the Dry interior. They call this unpopulated inland region The Outback.  
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The few people who live in the outback________   receive medical from the Royal Flying Doctor Service  
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With it's land located around the South Pole ________   Antartica is Earth's Coldest and Driest Continent  
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Antartica has a _________   Ice Cap climate  
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In the winter the temperature can ______   fall to 70 degrees below zero or colder  
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Cold Air does not hold moisture well so _______   Antartica has only one-tenth the water vapor of temperate regions  
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Antartica receives little precipitation _______   and is often called a Polar Desert  
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Antartica has heavy snow and Ice cover because_______   the snow that does fall rarely melts  
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Antartica's only Plants are_______   Lichens and Mosses that can survive severe cold and extended periods of darkness  
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Antartica's Animals are ______   Mostly Sea Life and Birds including several kinds of Penguins  
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In anchient times people found ways to travel great distance______   Despite geographic challenges Ex. People who lived on the Islands developed ways to travel the vast and dangerous ocean  
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Scholars believe most people who settled in the islands came from_____   S.E. Asia - They first used land bridges and small rafts and canoes to reach the islands closest to the mainland  
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Pacific Islanders not only relied on stars for navigation_________   They also used charts made of sticks and shells  
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The sticks showed_________   The pattern of waves commonly found in a region  
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The shells gave ________   the position of the Islands.  
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The Pacific Islanders cklosely guarded the secrets _____________   Of how to use these charts until the late 1800's  
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in the 1800's they began to use the ____________   European methods of Navigation  
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To sail the vast oceans Pacific Islanders developed ___________   Huge Voyaging Canoes with double Hulls  
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Having 2 Hulls __________   Made the craft stable and Gave it the ability to carry lots of weight. They also had sails to take advantage of the winds  
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Cabins were sometimes built________   On the platform atop the Hulls to shelter voyagers and their supplies.  
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Their supplies usually included________   Plants that they hoped to grow in their new homeland  
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The Large voyaging canoes were_______   Awkward to use in the lagoons around the Islands where Pacific Islanders settled  
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In thoes tight /shallow places they used _______   Outrigger Canoes  
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Outrigger Canoes _______   Have a frame with an attached float extending from one side. The float helps balance the canoe  
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The European People who settled Australia brought ________   Rabbits with them. The rabbits almost ruined the Australian landscape  
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in 1859 a European named Thomas Austin released __________   24 Rabbits so he could hunt them. The rabbit population grew faster than anyone could control it  
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A single pair of rabbit can have up to_________   184 desendents in 18 months, Plus rabbit have few natural enemies in Australia  
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By 1900, Australia have over ________   1 Billion Rabbits  
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Rabbit graze _________   Close to the ground, so they kill or weaken plants that do grow  
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Rabbits wiped out native plants _________   and destroyed crops  
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They ruined pasture land used for________   Grazing Sheep  
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Areas that were stripped of vegetation________   Suffered Erosion  
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Some of Australia's native animals became endangered because of _______   Competition for food  
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to Control the Rabbits they_______   Inported Foxes (the rabbits Enemy) but the foxes endangered other Australian wildlife just as the rabbits had  
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In the early 1900's the Govt Built _______   a 2,000 mile fence to keep the rabbit from spreading to the Southwest  
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The fence only worked for ________   awhile until they droke thru to the new region  
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In the 1950's the Govt Infected the rabbits with a disease __________   called Myxomatosis, more than 90% of the total rabbit population died  
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With Rabbit populations down _________   Australian Ranches could support nearly twice as many sheep  
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Rabbits became immune to the disease _________   and their numbers Boomed again -- to nearly 300 Million in the 1990's  
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Now Australians are using a combination of Methods to control the rabbits like________   Using Poison, Introducing new diseases, building Fences, and destroying the holes where Rabbits live  
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Because of the arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union beginning in the 1940's   The U.S. Tested 66 Nuclear Bombs on some south Pacific Islands  
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Atoll -   A ringlike Coral Island or string of small islands surounding a lagoon  
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Bikini Atoll was the _______   Site of U.S. Atomic weapons tests  
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Similar tests were also held________   On Enewetak Atoll  
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Bikini Atoll was picked because________   It layed far away from regular shipping and Air travel routes  
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The U.S. Moved 167 People to another Atoll and ________   held about 60 tests there  
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The most dramatic was _________   The explosion of a hydrogen bomb that was code named Bravo  
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That bomb vaporized several island in the Atoll and _________   Contaminated the area with high levels of Radiation. Many Islanders were injured or became ill  
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The Bikini Islanders _________   Could not go home  
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In the late 1960's the U.S. Govt declared Bikini Atoll   Safe again, then people moved back. In 1978 doctors examined high levels of radiation in Islanders bodies. The Islanders had to leave again.  
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A clean up began in 1988 but_______   no one knows when Bikini Island will be safe for human life  
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Landforms include______   Mountains, Plateaus, and major river systems  
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This region Includes________   two Peninsulas, Two Continents, and more than 20,000 islands  
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The Mekong River _____   Forms part of the boundary betweenMyanmar and Laos and betweenLaos anf Thailand  
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Oceania's Islands are also called _______   The South Sea Islands  
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People in Australia and New Zealand call the waters around Anartica ______   the Southern Ocean  
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