Australia, New Zealand, Oceania

The earliest settlers likely arrived from Southeast Asia and sailed to Australia and the islands across Oceania. How did the arrival of European colonists alter the pattern of land use in Australia? Indigenous Australians were hunter gatherers, while arriving colonists steadily converted rural lands to agriculture and ranching. - The Pacific Ocean is a physical geographic factor that defines Oceania as a region. - The Australian outback would be considered a perceptual region.

- The individual states of Australia are divided primarily by man made borders - Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia (All of the above are groupings of islands based on culture and location) - the economic activities most Papua New Guineans likely engage in would be classified as — primary

Many businesses will need to move to less vulnerable locations because future sea levels likely affect the economic activities within the nations and territories of Oceania.