UNIT 10 OVERVIEW

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UNIT 10 OVERVIEW The Pacific World   CHAPTERS
31-32 Pages 700-747
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  The Unit 10 region consists of
Australia,
New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea
and many islands.
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Another view of the Unit 10 region
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Religion The 1 religion in this region is
Christianity
With tribal religions on some of the islands.
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 Geographic features of the region
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
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 Geographic features of the region
Mariana Trench
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 Geographic features of the region
the Outback
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 Geographic features of the region
Great Barrier Reef
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 Geographic features of the region
International Date Line
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Native (indigenous) peoples of the region
Natives of Australia
Aborigines
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Native (indigenous) peoples of the region
Natives of New Zealand (pronounced
Mauw--ree)  
Maori
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A look at major regions Australia
Australia is about same size as the
continental United States.
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A look at major regions Australia
Australia is another colony (thats
why similar accent).
British
It was used as a colony by the British
Empire.
penal
Penal means..
prison
Beginning in 1788 the
British Empire sent over 160,000 convicts to
Australia
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A look at major regions Australia
Australia is the home to unique, diverse wildlife
that exist nowhere else in the world. This
happened because of its isolation from the other
continents.
Australia has lots very unusual animals. About 95
of the mammals, 70 of the birds, 88 of the
reptiles and 94 of the frogs are found nowhere
else in the world
Koala
Kangaroo
Wallaby
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A look at major regions Australia
Kookaburra
emus
wombats
Tasmanian Devil
Duckbill Platypus
cassowary
bilby
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A look at major regions Australia
Famous Australians
Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan)
Nicole Kidman
Elle McPherson
Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter)
the Wiggles
Mel Gibson
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A look at major regions New Zealand
Even though it is closely tied with Australia, it
is around miles away.
1,000
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A look at major regions New Zealand
Site of Hercules w/ Kevin Sorbo Lord of the
Rings movies
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A look at major regions Pacific World
The Pacific World (which is also known as
Oceania) has many
which means group of islands usually connected
together politically.
archipelagos,
Altogether there are around
20,000-30,000 islands in the Pacific World.
The Pacific World is also the site of the movie
Castaway with Tom Hanks.
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A look at major regions Pacific World
Know the three major island groupings
Melanesia
Which is associated with darker skinned peoples
(root words)
Micronesia
Which means small islands
Polynesia
which means many islands.
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Papua New Guinea is included in the Pacific World
although the other half of the island
is included in Southeast Asia (it is one of the
sections of Indonesia).
Borneo
Marisa McHenry (missionary there)
Here are what the people look like in Papua New
Guinea
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A look at major regions Pacific World
The Pacific World is known for its popular
islands and favorite vacation spots, some you
might have heard of before
Fiji
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A look at major regions Pacific World
The Pacific World is known for its popular
islands and favorite vacation spots, some you
might have heard of before
Samoa
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A look at major regions Pacific World
The Pacific World is known for its popular
islands and favorite vacation spots, some you
might have heard of before
Tahiti
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The Pacific World is also the home of Pitcairn
Island. Its significance
It is the island where the mutineers of
the ship Bounty landed in 1790. Many
descendants from Pitcairn are from the islanders
and these sailors.
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The Pacific World is the area of
aggression during World War II.
Japans
Along with Hawaii (Pearl Harbor), which is an
island chain in the Pacific, these are famous
World War II Pacific battles
Guadalcanal,
Midway,
Iwo Jima,
Solomon Islands,
Marshall Islands
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The Pacific World is the area of where Mr.
Youngs father served in during World War II.
Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the site of
the Japanese attack
Don Young and navy buddy around 1943
Don Young around 1943