Canada/Oceania/NZ/Australia

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Pacific Coast Ranges

(North America: U.S. & Canada) Mountains stretching along the Pacific coast of North America. There are volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Appalacian Mountains

*Eastern part of North America *Lower, a lot older and less rugged than the rockies

Canada trade

80% of exports go to the United States due to location. The two countries share over 3,000 miles of border.

Maori

A member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E.

Great Dividing Range

A series of Plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia.

New Zealand Primate City

Auckland

Western Plateau

Australia's large interior desert area

Interior Plains

Between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains. The dry western parts are called the Great Plains. The Eastern part is called the Central Plains.

St. Lawrence River

Connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Islands Economy

Dependent on tourism and have to import a lot of good that are not native to their islands. Economic Growth is difficult.

New Zealand resources

Does NOT have large mineral deposits. Has lots of farmland for sheep grazing and great beaches/scenery for tourists.

Abel Tasman

Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)

Magellen

Explorer whose expedition sailed around the world. Went to Pacific Islands

Vikings

First Europeans to settle in North America on the shores of Canada

Quebec

First permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain. Still today speak French in region and heavily influenced by French Culture

Pacific Islands birth rate

Have high birth rates

Canada population density

Highest along the border with America

Australia population density

Highest along the coasts especially in the East of the country

Polynesia

Islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island

John Cabot

Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)

high islands

Large islands formed by volcanoes.or are continental islands

economy of scale

Large production of goods that reduces the production cost of each item

South Island of New Zealand

Largest island; Thanks to its southerly latitude, the region sports permanent snowfields and glaciers; east side more gentle relief and alluvial plains (agriculture) Climate: Marine Coastal

North Island of New Zealand

Less mountainous than the South Island but has much more volcanic activity. Volcanoes, Craters, Lava Flows, Hot Springs, Geysers Geothermal energy accounts for 10% of the nation's electricity production The warmer climate, gentle topography, and rich volcanic soil make for a very productive agriculture. Climate: Marine Coastal

Canadian Shield Region

Makes up half of Canada's surface, stretches from Arctic Island South to the US border to the east across Labrador, and includes flat, bare rock, lakes and wetlands. Because of thin soil, little agriculture and population. Is one of world's richest mining areas with gold, diamonds and platinum.

Prarie Provinces of Canada

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

Australia resources

Many mineral deposits that help the economy thrive

Canada religion

Over 80% are Christian

low islands

Pacific islands made of coral reefs

Aboriginal people

People who migrated to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago; the original settlers of the land.

Vancouver, Canada

Port city important for trade with Asia

largest climate zone in Canada

Subarctic

French Exploration of Canada

The french went in search or a "northwest passage" to China, discovery of fisheries in the east, and convert the Native Americans to christianity

Mariana Trench

The location of the deepest trench on earth made from two oceanic crusts converging.

Central Lowlands

The low area just west of the Great Dividing Range. in Australia

Melanesia

The most populous of the three groups of Pacific islands, includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and others.

pacific islands climate zone

Tropical Humid

WW2 and Pacific Islands

Used as refueling stations for countries at war

hinterland

a remote and undeveloped area

Exotic Species/Invasive Species

a species that has been introduced to an ecosystem in which it did not evolve

province

a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire

Nullarbor Plain

a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight

Great Plains

a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas

artesian wells

a water hole in which water flows naturally to the surface

Atoll

an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

British Settlement of Australia

in 1788 originally a prison colony

pidgin language

language formed by combining parts of several different languages. Islanders language + English

Continental Divide

mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent

marsupial

pouched mammal (like a kangaroo)

Matrilineal

relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother

endemic species

species that are native to and found only within a limited area

trust territories

territories supervised by other nations while they prepare for independence

Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

the area of the Earth that receives the most intense sunlight, where the ascending branches of the two prevailing winds converge

outback

the remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia.

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

the seazone extending 200 nautical miles from the coast over which a state has special rights as to the exploration and use of marine resources

Great Artesian Basin

the world's largest reserve of underground water; it is under pressure so that water rises to the surface when wells are bored; located in central Australia

extensive agriculture

use of little labor and capital to increase agricultural productivity


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