Vocabulary unit 9 Australia

Great Dividing Range

A series of Plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia.

Antarctica Treaty

Signed in 1959, this treaty demilitarized the continent so it could be used as a haven for scientific study.

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.

Aborigines

The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

Great Barrier Reef

a 1,250-mile chain of more than 2,500 reefs and islands along Australia's northeast coast, containing some 400 species of coral

Ayers Rock (Uluru)

a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia that serves as a sacred place for the Aborigines

arid

a synonym of dry

teritary economic activity

an economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others; service industry

primary economic activity

economic activity concerned with the direct extraction of natural resources from the environment-- such as mining, fishing, lumbering, and especially agriculture

secondary economic activity

economic activity involving the processing of raw materials and their transformation into finished industrial products; the manufacturing sector

Maori

indigenous people of New Zealand

Thatched-roof dwellings

the grassy roofed houses common in the Pacific islands