Australia and New Zealand: Powerpoint

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Australia and New ZealandPowerpoint
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Physical Geography

• Australia and New Zealand are between the Indian
  and Pacific Oceans.
• Australias seasons are opposite of the United
  States due to their location. (Southern
  Hemisphere)
• Because of its isolation, Australia and New
  Zealands plant and animal life are found nowhere
  else on earth.
• Some of the animals are marsupials, plants,
  birds, and koalas.
• The continent of Australia is moving 2 inches per
  year towards Asia due to plate tectonics.
• New Zealand is made up of 2 major islands and was
  formed by volcanoes.

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Physical Geography

• New Zealand has a cooler climate than Australia
  because it is farther from the equator.
• Most Australians live on the east and southeast
  coast because of the mild climate and good
  rainfall.
• Australia and New Zealands people mostly live
  along the coast in cities.
• Australia and New Zealand grow similar crops,
  produce iron ore, coal, and natural gas, and
  raise sheep.

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Landforms

• Australia

• New Zealand

• Outback
• Great Dividing Range
• Great Barrier Reef
• Australian Alps
• Warm Climate

• Glaciers
• Fjords
• Geysers
• Volcanoes
• High Mountains
• Large Forests
• Cooler Climate

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Unique Animals and Plant Life of Australia and
New Zealand

• What type of mammals nurse their young from a
  pouch? Pg. 628
• What geographic factor has helped Australias
  wildlife be unique? Pg. 628

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Pictures
Koala Bear
Kangaroo
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Pictures
Outback
New Zealand
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Tectonic Plates

• What continent was Australia once believed to be
  a part of? Pg. 628
• How was New Zealand formed? Pg. 630
• Which one is the youngest, Australia or New
  Zealand?

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New Zealand Created by Volcanoes

• As Australia drifted away, the Australian plate
  collided with the Pacific plate.
• What is formed by the plates colliding? Pg. 630
• What can they form over time? Pg. 630

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Fiord

• Define Fiord

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Geyser

• Define geyser

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Pacific Islands

• The Pacific Islands are archipelagos, which are
  chains of islands.
• High islands are formed from volcanoes and are
  mountainous.
• Low islands are made up of coral reefs or atolls.
• An atoll is a small coral island in the shape of
  a ring.
• Coral is a rock like material made up of the
  skeletons of tiny sea creatures.
• Fewer people live on low islands than high
  islands.
• The Pacific is located in the tropics and hot
  year-round.
• Most islands receive rain year round and can have
  typhoons.
• Most islanders depend on cash crops and tourism
  to earn a living.

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Pacific Islands

• Micronesia

• Melanesia

• Made up of low islands.
• Covers an area as large as the continental U.S.
• Most islands are north of the equator.
• Most of the 2,000 islands are smaller than 1
  square mile.

• Melanesia has the most people.
• Most are large, high islands.
• New Guinea is the largest and most populated
  island.
• Formed by volcanoes.

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Polynesia

• The largest island group in the Pacific.
• It includes Hawaii.
• Dense rainforests on the islands.
• Mostly formed by volcanoes.

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Cultures of Australia and Oceania

• The Maori settled in New Zealand. They traveled
  from Asia to the Pacific Islands to New Zealand
  1,000 years ago. 15 today are Maori.
• The Aborigines settled in Australia, coming from
  Asia 40,000 years ago.
• In the late 1700s and 1800s the British settled
  in the region bringing the English language and
  Christianity.
• It first was a place to send prisoners to jail.
• When gold was discovered the population soared.
• Due to isolation the Pacific islands developed
  their own culture, language, and religions.

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Aboriginal People in Australia

• How long ago was the Aboriginal people believed
  to have come to Australia? Pg. 697
• What ways are the Aborigines trying to improve
  their culture? Pg. 807 - 808
• What is there goal dealing with the Australian
  government today? Pg. 808

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British Settlement of Australia and New Zealand

• When did the British Settle Australia and New
  Zealand? Pg. 697
• What was Australia set up as by the British? Pg.
  697
• What discovery made people want to move to
  Australia? Pg. 697

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Australia Economy

• Today Australia economy depends on trade with
  which countries? Pg. 805
• Australia is a world leader in producing what
  cash crop? Pg. 805
• Australia is the world leader in the production
  of what product from sheep? Pg. 806

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Low and High Islands

• What is an atoll? Pg. 635
• What are the main features of low islands? Pg.
  635
• What are the main features of low islands? Pg. 635

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Review Questions

1. What 2 oceans is Australia between?
2. Name the landform in the Coral Sea to the
   northeast of Australia.
3. What is the desert area in Australia called?
4. How was New Zealand formed?
5. What is a coral island?
6. What type of island do most people in the Pacific
   Islands live on?

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Review Questions

• 7) What is a marsupial?
• What are the major early ethnic groups in
  Australia and New Zealand?
• Who settled in Australia and New Zealand in the
  1700s?
• Name 3 things Australia depends on in their
  economy.