Oceania Human Geography

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What issue did Oceania countries face when it came to trade?

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Oceania countries were extremely far from other continents

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Geographic Isolation did what to Australia?

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evolution of multiple languages

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Why did the British government choose Australia as the place to send all of its prisoners?

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To move the criminals to an isolated place, away from society

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Why do most Australians live on the coast?

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climate of the inland region is too dry

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Where do the majority of Australians live?

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On the coasts.

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Why do native languages disappear over time?

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New generations stop speaking/ learning them

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What events in the mid-1800s affected the population of Australia? Options: the first fleet setting sail for Australia, the colonies become the Commonwealth of Australia, Assisted migration; gold is discovered, Gold is discovered;

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Assisted migration; gold is discovered

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How did the arrival of the British affect the indigenous people of Australia and New Zealand?

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They suffered.

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What was so important about the Antarctic Treaty?

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it required all discoveries to be shared with all nations

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The British originally settled Australia as...

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a colony for prisoners.