Chapter 34
Focus Question What is ASEAN?
Australia Australia is a continent and a country Add Tasmania, New Zealand and hundreds of smaller islands Worlds 6th largest country in terms of land Smallest continent Population: 19 million Natives: Aborigines Europe Colonized Australia Island Nation Top 12 Riches nations in the world
Australia Climate: Varies from very hot and dry to wet and coastal Great Barrier Reef Largest Reef in the world Forms lagoons Harsh Wilderness is known as the Outback Problems with Nature: Typhoons, Floods, Windstorms Home to the worlds most venomous snakes, spiders, and scorpions
New Zealand and the Pacific 1,000 miles Southeast of Australia Formed from underwater Mountains Regions: Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia Volcanoes and Geysers Climate: Tropical Agriculture: Fruits and Flowers Native Population: Maori
Antarctica Large Mushroom shaped Continent Makes up 1/10 the worlds landmass Only Major landmass in the world without permanent human settlement There is no trace of Civilization anywhere in Antarctica Only scientist go to Antarctica for research Short period of time Heaviest Continent Ice weighs the continent down If the ice all melted the continent would sink into the ocean Contains 1/3 of the worlds fresh water In ice caps Ice sheets
Focus Question What is Geography?