1. Chapter 30 Physical Geography of Southeast Asia, Oceania, & Antarctica A Region of Extremes
Objective: Identify key features of physical geography, climate, & vegetation, & human- environment interaction in Southeast Asia, Oceania, & Antarctica

2. Chapter 30 Section 1 Landforms & Resources
Vocabulary: Archipelago, Oceania, High Island, Low Island, & Great Barrier Reef
Objective: Describe key landforms & resources of Southeast Asia.

3. Southeast Asia: Mainland & Islands
Southeast Asia has two sub- regions: the mainland & islands
The Indochinese peninsula serves as a bridge between the mainland & islands
Archipelago: closely grouped islands
Fertile soil is a valuable resource in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asians also have access to other mineral resources

4. Lands of the Pacific & Antarctica
Geographers estimate 20,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean
Oceania: group of islands in the Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, & Polynesia
Philippines & Indonesia are not considered part of Oceania because of the cultural ties to Asia
High Islands: created by volcanoes
Low Islands: created by coral reef
Great Barrier Reef: 1250 mile chain of reefs & islands containing 400 species of coral

5. Chapter 30 Section 2 Climate & Vegetation
Vocabulary: Outback
Objective: Examine the climates of Southeast Asia, Australia, & New Zealand

6. Widespread Tropics
Tropical weather is found in coastal plains of Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, & Oceania
Their average annual temperature is around 80 degrees
Monsoons shape the weather in the northern or inland regions
Southeast Asia has one of the greatest diversities of vegetation of any region

7. Bands of Moderate Climate
Australia is split between two climate zones (hot summers/mild winters & mild summers/cool winters)
Northern Australia receives hot summers, mild winters, & heavy rainfall
New Zealand & Southern Australia have a marine west coast climate
The coast of Australia is the most heavily populated region

8. Hot & Cold Deserts 1/3rd of Australia is desert
Crops can only be grown there using irrigation
Outback: dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia
The few people that live there get medical care from the Royal Flying Doctor Service

9. Chapter 30 Section 3 Human-Environment Interaction
Vocabulary: Voyaging Canoe, Outrigger Canoe, Atoll, & Bikini Atoll
Objective: Explain how ancient islanders traveled the Pacific

10. Traveling the Pacific
Pacific Islands most likely came from Southeast Asia
They ventured farther out into the Pacific using the stars & charts for navigation
Voyaging Canoes: large ship developed by Pacific Islanders to sail the ocean
Outrigger Canoe: a small ship used in the lagoons of islands where Pacific Islanders settled

11. Invasion of the Rabbits
Europeans brought with them to the Pacific Islands, familiar animals such as rabbits
In 1859, they released 24 rabbits to hunt
By 1900, Australia had more than a billion rabbits
Rabbits have destroyed farming in Australia
They have a combination of methods to try to reduce the number of rabbits

12. Nuclear Testing
Atoll: ring-link coral island or string of small islands around a lagoon
Bikini Atoll: site of US atomic weapons tests
The government moved the 167 islands to another Atoll
The testing vaporized several islands & contaminated the entire region
The government allowed them to move back but found radiation in the islanders bodies and moved them off the islands again