Module 9 Review

New Zealand is an island continent that was home to aboriginal people who have lived there for tens of thousands of years. The Irish colonized New Zealand by first creating prison colonies for convicts from the United Kingdom.

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New Zealand has two main islands and is home to the Maori, who were originally from Polynesia. The British colonized New Zealand and often were in conflict with the Maori.

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Australia is relatively mountainous with high elevation highlands and an extensive jungle interior, while New Zealand has low mountains and receives inadequate rainfall.

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The Antarctic realm was isolated by physical geography. Washington’s Line and the Wisconsin Line were attempts to distinguish the location of the separation between biological environments.

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This iconic building in Sydney Harbor is the Sydney Opera House.

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The Southern Ocean's islands are more likely to have dwellings that consist of thatched roofs made from waterproof leaves.

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Australia is an island continent that was home to aboriginal people before the British colonized it by first creating prison colonies for convicts from Great Britain.

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Australia is a relatively mountainous continent with high elevation lowlands, including the Great Dividing Range along its western coast. The interior outback has abundant precipitation and has few deserts.

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Two main core areas exist where Type C climates prevail and where most of the population lives: a large core area on the southeastern coast and a small core area around Perth on the western coast. The sparsely populated outback makes up the vast periphery, which has large amounts of mineral and agricultural resources.

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Aboriginal people were in Australia for four thousand years. The British colonial activity didn’t heat up until the late 1500s. Today, most of the two million people are from the British Isles and America. Only about four hundred Aborigines remain.

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