CHAPTER 17 STUDY GUIDE

1. ________ HAVE LESS RAINFALL MAKING FARMING DIFFICULT

• Low Islands

• High Islands

• Atolls

• Jungles

80% OF AUSTRALIANS LIVE WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THE ________

• coast

• desert

• mountains

• rainforest

AN ISLAND THAT SITS ABOVE UNDERGROUND VOLCANO AND GETS A LOT OF RAIN

• high island

• low islands

• atolls

• coral island

AUSTRALIAN ALPS ARE LOCATED IN WHAT MOUNTAIN RANGE ________

• Great Dividing Range

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Rocky Mountains

5. BOATS WITH ATTACHED FLOATS US TO NAVIGATE ROUGH WATERS ________

• outrigger canoes

• sailboats

• kayaks

• rowboats

COLONIES OF SMALL MARINE CORALS THAT PRODUCE HARD SHELL MAKE UP THE ________

• coral reefs

• sand dunes

• mangrove forests

• kelp beds

CORAL REEFS ARE THREATENED BY TEMPERATURE, POLLUTION AND ________

• overfishing

• sunlight

• rainfall

• wind

8. DINGOS, RABBITS, CATS AND FOXES ARE ALL ________ SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA

• invasive

• native

• endangered

• protected

EUROPEANS PUSHED THE ________ OFF OF THEIR LANDS AND REDUCED POPULATION

• Aborigines

• Maori

• Asians

• Europeans

GIVING FINANCIAL HELP TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MOVE TO A CERTAIN AREA ________

• incentive

• obstacle

• penalty

• restriction