Australia and New Zealand
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3 landform regions of Australia | Great dividing range, central lowlands, western plateau
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Aborigines | the first people in Australia. Came to australia from southeast asia at least 40,00 years ago.
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Mauri | First people in New Zealand. Came from pacific islands to the north about 1,000 years ago
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Major Climates of Australia and New Zealand | Australia- Arid
New Zealand- Marine West Coast
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Aboriginal name of Ayer's Rock | Uluru
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Marsupials | Animals with a pouch
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The island names of New Zealand | North & South Island
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Body of water that separates the islands of New Zealand | Cook Strait
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New Zealand's highest peak | Mount cook
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New Zealand's primate city | Auckland
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Atoll | A ring of several islands
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World's second largest island | New Guinea
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3 subregions of the Pacific | Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
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Deepest part of the Earth's surface | Mariana Trench
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The result of the Maori Wars of 1843-1872 | they lost. British settlers began taking Maori lands. Diseases introduced by Europeans killed many Maori. New Zealand became independent country within the british empire.
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The main source of electricity for New Zealand | hydroelectric power
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Copra | dried coconut meat
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Intertropical Convergence Zone | prevailing winds meet near the equator
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The U.S. territories of the region | Guam and Philippines
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The animals mainly ranched in Australia and New Zealand | Cattle and sheep
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The cause of ocean trenches | subduction of plates
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The distribution of cities in Australia | along the coast
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The lack of arable land found in Australia | most land in Australia isn't arable (6%) due to arid climate
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The initial colonization of Australia by Britain | prison colonies
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Aboriginal Daydream | belief of how earth was created
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Matrilineal lineage | man take woman's last name
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The evolution of languages in the Pacific Islands | pidgin
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Cultural remnants on Easter Island | left stone statues behind (tiki)
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Exclusive Economic Zones | 200 mile radius
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