Canada/Oceania/NZ/Australia
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
