Oceania Human Geography Terms

The loss of color in corals that occurs when stressed corals expel the algae that live in them

The nickname of the people of New Zealand

A seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from tipping over.

Species that is found in only one area. Such species are especially vulnerable to extinction.

a colony to which convicts are sent as an alternative to prison

The national sport of Australia and New Zealand.

indigenous people of New Zealand

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779).

a person considered as descended from some ancestor

based on or tracing descent through the female line