Oceania Vocab

What is: a circular shaped island that has formed from a coral reef

• biodiversity

• outback

• atoll

• volcano

What is: characterized by a variety of plants and animals

• outback

• atoll

• volcano

• biodiversity

What is: arid inland areas of the Australian continent

• outback

• atoll

• volcano

• biodiversity

What is: a mountain on the Earth’s surface that periodically erupts sending rock, ash, and lava into the environment

• atoll

• volcano

• biodiversity

• outback

Who are the the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.

Aboriginal People

Olmec People

Mayan People

Aztec People

• Olmec people

• Aztec People

• Aboriginal People

• Mayan People

What is: a process of cultures becoming more alike

• cultural exchange

• cultural convergence

• cultural divergence

• cultural diffusion

What is: a process in which cultural groups distinguish themselves from other culture groups

• cultural diffusion

• cultural exchange

• cultural divergence

• cultural convergence

What is: the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

• cultural divergence

• cultural diffusion

• cultural convergence

• cultural exchange

Which term refers to people or things originating in a specific place or region?

• urbanization

• multicultural

• indigenous

• migration