Name ______Date _ _ _ _ _ Class _ ___ _
Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity A
Outline Map Activity
Directions: On the map below, draw the correct borders of the coun tries of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica. Label each country in the region. Then use colored pencils to shade each country.
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity B
Physical Location GeoQuiz
Directions: Match each letter on the map with its name listed below. Write the correct letter in the space provided.
Fiji Islands Queen Maud Land Gibson Desert Ross Ice Shelf Great Australian Bight Tasman Sea Great Barrier Reef Transantarctic Mountains Mount Wilhelm Wilkes Land
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity C
Political Location GeoQuiz
Directions: Match each letter on the map with its name listed below. Write the correct letter in the space provided.
___ Australia _----'-_ Nauru ___ Federated States of Micronesia ___ New Zealand ___ Fiji ___ Papua New Guinea ___ French Polynesia ___ Tonga ___ Marshall Islands ___ Tuvalu
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3 Name ______Date _____ Class _____
Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity D
City Location Activity
Directions: Identify each city marked by a number on the map. Then write the correct name on the numbered blanks below.
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity E
Physical Geography Activity
Directions: Study the Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Regional Atlas maps in your textbook. Then use them and the elevation profile below to answer the questions that follow.
a 250 500 kilometers I Australia a 250 500 miles 8,000m 26,247 ft. Great 6,000 m Artesian Basin 19,685 ft. Macdonnell 4,000 m Gibson 13,123 ft. Indian Desert Ranges----- Coral 2,000 m ocean~ ~ sea~ . 6,562 ft. Sea level L~ ~ Sea level 7 ------\ -West to East 23.5°South latitude_
1. Calculating About how far is it from s. Synthesizing What lowland area is the west coast of Australia to the east between the Macdonnell Ranges and coast on the profile shown above? the Coral Sea? Where is this landform located in Australia?
2. Synthesizing What is the population density along most of this line of latitude?
6. Listing What mountainous region is shown on this profile? 3. Naming What two bodies of water are shown on this profile?
7. Identifying About how high is the highest point shown on this profile?
4. Identifying At what latitude is this elevation profile shown? What is this 8. Making Generalizations What gen special line of latitude called? eral statement can you make about the elevation of Australia at this latitude?
5 Name ______Date ____ Class _____
Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity F
Cultural Geography Activity
Directions: Study the information in the Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Regional Atlas of your textbook. Then answer the questions below.
1. Identifying What is the main 7. Comparing and Contrasting How language spoken in Fiji? does Tonga's per capita GDP compare to New Zealand's per capita GDP?
2. Drawing Conclusions On what is the economy of Oceania based?
3. Analyzing Visuals What is the pop 8. Synthesizing Which country in this ulation density of Antarctica? region seems to be the least devel oped? How do you know?
4. Synthesizing Australia is one of the driest continents in the world. How do you think this affects where people choose to live in Australia?
9. Analyzing Visuals What is the popula tiOI~ density of most of Australia?
5. Calculating About how many people live in Australia, Oceania, 10. Identifying Which country in this and Antarctica? region has the highest literacy rate? Which has the lowest literacy rate?
6. Identifying Which country has the highest life expectancy in this region?
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Regional Atlas Activity G
Graphic Data Activity
Directions: Study the information in the Country Profiles of the Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Regional Atlas of your textbook. Then follow the instructions to make population and landmass circle graphs below. Population Landmass
Australia: (_%) Australia: (_%) New Zealand: (_%) New Zealand: (_%) Papua New Guinea: (_%) Papua New Guinea: (_%) Rest of Oceania: (_%) Rest of Oceania: (_%) Total: ( 100%) Total: (100%)
1. Write the populations of Australia, New 3. Divide the circle into parts that accu Zealand, and Papua New Guinea under rately show these percentages. the circle labeled Population. Then add the population figures of the rest of 4. Label each part of the circle graph with the countries of Oceania and write that the name of the country or group of number as well. countries that has that percentage of population. 2. Add the populations of all the countries of this region together. Then divide the 5. Repeat these steps on the second graph first four numbers by the total popula to show percentages of the total land tion. This will give you the percentage mass occupied by each country or of population that lives in each country. group of countries in this region.
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