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Unit 13 Box Notes. Australia/Oceania. Box #1: Physical Geography. TERMS Australian Outback Interior Exterior. ____________________ region (Australia); ____________________ region (Oceania; Micronesia; Melanesia); Polynesia); ____________________ region (The Australian Outback)
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Unit 13 Box Notes Australia/Oceania
Box #1: Physical Geography TERMS Australian Outback Interior Exterior • ____________________ region (Australia); ____________________ region (Oceania; Micronesia; Melanesia); Polynesia); ____________________ region (The Australian Outback) • Sea levels rising • Region dominated by water • Leaves many nations of this region vulnerable • Many businesses will be forced to move to less vulnerable locations • Land use in the region • Permanent vegetation (SE) • Wheat Belt (SW & SE) • Grazing and farming (N, NE, E, & near coastline) • Tropical Fruit (E. Coastline) • Forest/Woodland (SE/SW Coasts) • Dry and rugged with little land use (Interior and much of western Australia)
Box #2: Human Geography • Indigenous Australians were/are hunter-gatherers (Greater in New Zealand; Contributed to cultural development) • Colonists converted rural lands for agriculture and ranching( big business & disruption to native cultures) • Cultures developed because of Pacific Ocean • Early settlement • SE Asia to Australia and the islands of Oceania • Indigenous languages of the culture groups are related • Colonization – pushed indigenous peoples from coasts to interior • Culture Groups • Aborigine – Australia (Stolen generation; Assimilation to white culture) • Maori – New Zealand (Maintain traditional ways; Dress and cultural practices) TERMS Indigenous Colonist Stolen Generation Aborigine Maori Assimilation Acculturation
Box #3: Political Geography Oceania Island Regions • Based on culture and location • Micronesia • Melanesia • Polynesia Government • Constitutional Monarchy • Parliamentary Systems • Commonwealths and close ties to Great Britain Australian States • Man-made borders • Western Australia • Northern Territory • South Australia • Capricornia • Queensland • New South Wales • Victoria • Tasmania TERMS Territory Constitutional monarchy Parliamentary system
Box #4: Regional Issues Industry • Overexploitation • Disruption of ecosystems • Ex: Tahiti’s Pearl Industry • Government has allowed overproduction to grow economy • Need to expand at appropriate rate for economic growth • Important need for Tahitian government to manage and regulate the industry Aborigine Reparations • People indigenous to Australia • Point of view often not considered • making of public policy (law) • Government has apologized and paid restitution for treatment • Stolen Generation • Colonization from other regions brought drama • Children taken for assimilation into white cultures • Subtle genocide Economics • Wide spread between economic levels • Primary=Papua New Guinea • Secondary/Tertiary = emphasis on tourism; • Quaternary = Australia & New Zealand • Economic Growth • Changing economic patterns • Tourism promoted • Building of infrastructure • Ex: Outback • Formally isolated & underdeveloped • Now with one road, more tourists can come TERMS Reparations Exploitations Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary