Oceania and Basic Geography Review

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Use the map below to locate the following physical feature: The Outback

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C

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Use the map below to locate the following physical feature: The Great Barrier Reef

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A

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The name of the indigenous peoples that inhabited Australia before the Europeans colonized the continent is

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Aborigines

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Uluru is an important spiritual site for the Aborigines of Australia, located in the Outback. What is its other name?

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Ayers Rock

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The interior region of Australia that is very arid and sparsely populated.

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Outback

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Which side of the island (in the South Pacific) is going to get the most rain and be more likely to have rain forest like vegetation?

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Windward

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The vegetation of the outback is often this type comprised of tangled shrubs and bushes.

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chaparral

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When they colonized Australia, Great Britain used the territory as

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a prison colony

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Most people in Australia live in the outback region.

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False

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The large coral reef off the coast of Australia is called

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Great Barrier Reef