World Geography Unit 5 Vocab Review

wild or sparsely inhabited region

• atoll

• sunken mountains

• bush

• caldera

high mountain range that has become submerged

• atoll

• sunken mountains

• bush

• caldera

ring shaped island formed by the building of a coral reef on the rim of a submerged volcano

• atoll

• caldera

• lagoon

• artesian well

large volcanic crater

• atoll

• caldera

• lagoon

• artesian well

a well that brings pressurized water to the surface without pumping

• lagoon

• caldera

• artesian well

• atoll

indigenous people of New Zealand

• Aborigine

• Boomerang

• Maori

• Dominion

an Australian throwing stick that soars and curves in flight and returns near the thrower

• dominion

• Maori

• boomerang

• Aborigine

indigenous people of Australia

• Maori

• Dominion

• Boomerang

• Aborigine

largely self-governing country within the British Empire

• dominion

• Maori

• Aborigine

• Boomerang

Australian English that has a unique vocabulary made up of Aboriginal words, terms used by early settlers, and slang created by modern Australians

• national identity

• outback

• pidgin

• strine