Unit 7 Study Guide: Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica

Maori customs and traditions passed down through generations.

• Wayfinding

• Tikanga

• Kapahaka

• Pidgin language

A traditional Oceania home that has no walls, leaving the inside open to cooling ocean breezes.

• Fale

• Tikanga

• Kapahaka

• Wayfinding

The system of navigating a foreign place through observation of natural phenomena, such as the movement of the sun and stars.

• Kapahaka

• Tikanga

• Fale

• Wayfinding

A language formed by combining parts of several different languages.

• Pidgin

• Atoll

• Kapahaka

• Tikanga

A traditional art form of the Maori people that combines music, dance, singing, and facial expressions.

• Tikanga

• Kapahaka

• Atoll

• Wayfinding

A circular shaped island made of coral.

• Low island

• High island

• Atoll

• Lagoon

A large, thick area of ice that covers a region.

• Iceberg

• Ice sheet

• Ice shelf

• Vanilla Ice

A spring of water heated by molten rock inside the Earth that, from time to time, shoots hot water into the air.

• Hot Spring

• Ozone

• Lava Flow

• Geyser

A huge piece of floating ice that broke off from an ice shelf or glacier and fell into the sea.

• Iceberg

• Ice Shelf

• Ice Sheet

• Cona Ice

A thick layer of ice that extends above the water.

• Iceberg

• Ice Shelf

• Ice Sheet

• Polar Ice