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UNIT 10 OVERVIEW The Pacific World CHAPTERS 31-32; Pages 700-747

UNIT 10 OVERVIEW The Pacific World CHAPTERS 31-32; Pages 700-747. The Unit 10 region consists of. Australia,. New Zealand,. Papua New Guinea. and many islands. Another view of the Unit 10 region. Religion: The #1 religion in this region is. Christianity.

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UNIT 10 OVERVIEW The Pacific World CHAPTERS 31-32; Pages 700-747

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  1. UNIT 10 OVERVIEW The Pacific World CHAPTERS 31-32; Pages 700-747

  2. The Unit 10 region consists of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and many islands.

  3. Another view of the Unit 10 region

  4. Religion: The #1 religion in this region is Christianity With tribal religions on some of the islands.

  5.  Geographic features of the region: Ayer’s Rock (Uluru)

  6. The Mariana Trench is 11,033 meters (36,201 feet), (6033.5) fathoms deep. The pressure at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is over 8 tons per square inch. The Mariana Trench is 2,542 km (1,580 miles) long and 69 km (43 miles) wide.  Geographic features of the region: Mariana Trench

  7.  Geographic features of the region: the Outback

  8.  Geographic features of the region: Great Barrier Reef

  9.  Geographic features of the region: International Date Line

  10. Native (indigenous) peoples of the region: Natives of Australia: Aborigines

  11. Native (indigenous) peoples of the region: Natives of New Zealand: (pronounced Mauw--ree) Maori

  12. A look at major regions: Australia Australia is about same size as the continental United States.

  13. A look at major regions: Australia Australia is another colony (that’s why similar accent). British It was used as a colony by the British Empire. penal Penal means..… prison Beginning in 1788 the British Empire sent over 160,000 convicts to Australia

  14. A look at major regions: Australia Australia is the home to unique, diverse wildlife that exist nowhere else in the world. This happened because of its isolation from the other continents. Australia has lots very unusual animals. About 95 % of the mammals, 70 % of the birds, 88 % of the reptiles and 94% of the frogs are found nowhere else in the world: Koala Kangaroo Wallaby

  15. A look at major regions: Australia Kookaburra emus wombats Tasmanian Devil Duckbill Platypus cassowary bilby

  16. A look at major regions: Australia Famous Australians: Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) Nicole Kidman Elle McPherson Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) the Wiggles Mel Gibson

  17. A look at major regions: New Zealand: Even though it is closely tied with Australia, it is around miles away. 1,000

  18. A look at major regions: New Zealand: Site of Hercules w/ Kevin Sorbo & Lord of the Rings movies

  19. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World (which is also known as Oceania) has many archipelagos, which means: group of islands usually connected together politically. Altogether there are around 20,000-30,000 islands in the Pacific World. The Pacific World is also the site of the movie “Castaway” with Tom Hanks.

  20. A look at major regions: Pacific World Know the three major island groupings: Melanesia: Which is associated with “darker skinned peoples” (root words) Micronesia: Which means “small” islands Polynesia: which means “many” islands.

  21. A look at major regions: Pacific World Papua New Guinea is included in the Pacific World although the other half of the island is included in Southeast Asia (it is one of the sections of Indonesia). Borneo Marisa McHenry (missionary there) Here are what the people look like in Papua New Guinea

  22. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World is known for its popular islands and favorite vacation spots, some you might have heard of before: Fiji

  23. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World is known for its popular islands and favorite vacation spots, some you might have heard of before: Samoa

  24. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World is known for its popular islands and favorite vacation spots, some you might have heard of before: Tahiti

  25. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World is also the home of Pitcairn Island. Its significance: It is the island where the mutineers of the ship “Bounty” landed in 1790. Many descendants from Pitcairn are from the islanders and these sailors.

  26. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World is the area of aggression during World War II. Japan’s Along with Hawaii (Pearl Harbor), which is an island chain in the Pacific, these are famous World War II Pacific battles: Iwo Jima, Midway, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands

  27. A look at major regions: Pacific World The Pacific World is the area of where Mr. Young’s father served in during World War II. Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the site of the Japanese attack Don Young and navy buddy around 1943 Don Young around 1943

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