New Zealand, Oceania, and Australia Test Vocab 5/10

Definition: island formed by the buildup of coral reefs on the rim of a submerged volcano

Low Island

Definition: an island known as an atoll

Low Lands

Definition: place where products are unloaded, stored, and reshipped for no cost

Free Port

Defintion: island with mountain ranges and volcanic soils

High Land

Definition: an island with mountain ranges and volcanic soils

High Lands

Definition: group of people related by blood or marriage

Kinship Group

New Zealand or Australia: Fifty-one percent of the total length of rivers and streams are catchments, or places where water is collected.

New Zealand

New Zealand or Australia: Has a lot of freshwater.

New Zealand

New Zealand or Australia: Ranked fourth out of 30 countries that belong to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for its freshwater.

New Zealand

New Zealand or Australia: The North and South Island are divided by hills and mountains covered with snow.

New Zealand

Defintion: rise in the temperature of ocean water

Ocean Warming

Definition: blend of English and an indigenous language

Pidgin

Definition: a grammatically simplified form of a language

Pidgin

Definition: area where political groups are often breaking apart into their different cultures and backgrounds

Shatter Belt

Definition: traditional form of agriculture which involves clearing land

Shifting Cultivation

Definition: an Australian dialect of English

Strine

* Bangkok's heat, humidity, and pollution levels are higher than the surrounding rural areas. This situation is called an ___________________.

blah blah blah

Southeast Asia is a significant world trade center largely because of its

location along major shipping routes connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Southeast Asia's population can be characterized as

very diverse, with hundreds of ethnic groups.

Southeast Asia's climate fits which category best?

wet tropical

Which five nationalities were most involved in colonizing Southeast Asia beginning in the 1500s?

Dutch, British, Portuguese, French, and Spanish

Definition: an economy that is becoming stronger than it was in the past

Emerging Market

Definition: dependent area the U.N. placed under temporary control of a foreign country

Trust Territory

Definition: a dangerous large ocean wave caused by tectonic activity

Tsunami

* The _____________________ and ____________________ industries are two that produce water pollution.

------------, mining

Crowded conditions in cities such as Bangkok, Manila, and Jakarta raise concerns about _______________, ___________________, _____________________, and traffic control.

Adequate housing, Water supplies, Sanitation

New Zealand or Australia: Freshwater is unevenly distributed, unreliable, and seasonal.

Australia

New Zealand or Australia: Seventy percent of the country is arid or semi-arid with limited rain and snow.

Australia

New Zealand or Australia: Surrounded by water, but even so, it is the driest inhabited continent on Earth.

Australia

New Zealand or Australia: The water that gushes from artesian wells, or wells from which pressurized water flows to the surface, is too salty for humans or crops.

Australia

Definition: a tiny sea animal

Coral

Definition: variety of life forms in a habitat or ecosystem

Biodiversity

Definition: an Australian throwing stick that curves in flight

Boomerang

New Zealand or Australia: Striking landscapes with snowy mountains, ancient rock formations, coral reefs, a lot of sea life, and unspoiled beaches.

Both

Definiton: an area where not many people live

Brush

Definition: area which separates powerful nations from each other

Buffer Zone

Definiton: Underwater structure made up of organic deposits

Coral Reef

Defintion: a large volcanic crater

Caldera

Definition: a group of related families

Clan

Definiton: Significant change in weather patterns

Climate Change

Definition: the dried coconut meat fed to groups of animals

Copra

Definition: loss or destruction of trees, mainly by human activity

Deforestation

Which option best describes the Ring of Fire?

a belt of active tectonic plate boundaries around the Pacific

Southeast Asia is composed of 11 countries located in what two landform areas?

a mainland in the west and an archipelago in the east

Deforestation is a factor in ______ pollution.

air