Southeast Asia, Oceania and Antarctica

Archipelagoes  Set of closely grouped islands

Oceania  All the collective Pacific islands (somewhere around 20,000) are known as Oceania  Unknown b/c constantly being created and destroyed  High islands=islands created by volcanoes  Low islands=islands made up of coral reefs  Few natural resources and minerals

Notable Islands of Oceania: New Guinea, Fiji & the Solomon Islands Fiji

New Guinea

Solomon Islands

New Zealand  North Island Fertile farmlands, forests and ports  South Island 300 mile mountain range (Southern Alps)

Southern Alps of New Zealand

New Zealand

Highlights of Australia  The Great Barrier Reef Largest reef Largest reef Unique plant & Unique plant & Animal life Illegal to take from reef

Australian Unique Animals

Aboriginal Peoples  Migrated from Asia  At European  colonization 500  different tribes,  200 different lang.  Hunter/gatherers

The Aborigines Children  Stolen Generation Forced Assimilation Forced Assimilation

European colonization/control  Late 1700’s Great Britain colonizes  Penal colony & navy base  1851 Gold rush  Still part of the British commonwealth 1901

Nuclear Test Sites…Marshall Islands and Bikini Atoll  60+ nuclear tests  Dangerous levels of radiation caused Bikini residents to leave—returned in 1978 only to find birth defects, cancer, etc…US cleanup began in 1988—still unfit for human life

Nuclear Testing in the 1950s

Australian natural resources  Minerals Largest diamond producer Largest diamond producer Gold, copper, zinc etc Gold, copper, zinc etc Outback--expensive Outback--expensive  Farm products Agricultural/dairy etc Agricultural/dairy etc  Ranching

Australian Outback

Australian Ranch

Anartica

Take Five…  Complete the skillbuilder questions on pg. 706