1. Southeast Asia, Oceania and Antarctica

2. Archipelagoes  Set of closely grouped islands

3. Oceania  All the collective Pacific islands (somewhere around 20,000) are known as Oceania  Unknown b/c constantly being created and destroyed  High islands=islands created by volcanoes  Low islands=islands made up of coral reefs  Few natural resources and minerals

4. Notable Islands of Oceania: New Guinea, Fiji & the Solomon Islands Fiji

5. New Guinea

6. Solomon Islands

7. New Zealand  North Island Fertile farmlands, forests and ports  South Island 300 mile mountain range (Southern Alps)

8. Southern Alps of New Zealand

9. New Zealand

10. Highlights of Australia  The Great Barrier Reef Largest reef Largest reef Unique plant & Unique plant & Animal life Illegal to take from reef

11. Australian Unique Animals

12. Aboriginal Peoples  Migrated from Asia  At European  colonization 500  different tribes,  200 different lang.  Hunter/gatherers

13. The Aborigines Children  Stolen Generation Forced Assimilation Forced Assimilation

14. European colonization/control  Late 1700’s Great Britain colonizes  Penal colony & navy base  1851 Gold rush  Still part of the British commonwealth 1901

15. Nuclear Test Sites…Marshall Islands and Bikini Atoll  60+ nuclear tests  Dangerous levels of radiation caused Bikini residents to leave—returned in 1978 only to find birth defects, cancer, etc…US cleanup began in 1988—still unfit for human life

16. Nuclear Testing in the 1950s

17. Australian natural resources  Minerals Largest diamond producer Largest diamond producer Gold, copper, zinc etc Gold, copper, zinc etc Outback--expensive Outback--expensive  Farm products Agricultural/dairy etc Agricultural/dairy etc  Ranching

18. Australian Outback

19. Australian Ranch

22. Anartica

23. Take Five…  Complete the skillbuilder questions on pg. 706