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Corsicana Independent School District World Geography th May 11 -15th, 2020
Student Directions Students, hope you are having a GREAT WEEK!! One more week and then we are done for the year! Below is the lesson and assignment for this week. Please complete all steps. If you run into any issues please reach out to me. My contact information is located on my CISD Website and my Canvas Syllabus page. Step 1- Physical Geography Notes of Oceania and Australia Please read through the PowerPoint packet, and take notes over the material. Also, pay attention and take note of the map at the end of the PowerPoint. There will be a quiz over the notes, as well as the map. You will be able to use your notes and packet on the quiz!
Step 2- Oceania & Australia Physical Notes/Map Quiz Using your notes take the quiz.
As always we hope you have a Great Week and let us know if we can help you in any way! Take care and be safe!
• Estimate: more than 20,000 islands (not including Philippines and Indonesia) Physical Geography of • New Zealand • Australia Australia, Oceania and • Micronesia Antarctica • Melanesia • Polynesia
• Oceania is made up of 23 countries, spread over 20,000 islands. • The area is divided into 3 main groups- • It covers over 3.3 million square miles, but only has 0.5 percent of the • Micronesia, world’s population! • Melanesia & • There is great diversity– everything from desert wilderness to tropical • Polynesia. islands to active volcanos. • Australia is the largest island in the Oceania region. Other major islands include New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
• Australia is the largest island AUSTRALIA • Sixth largest country (about the size of the US)
• Smallest & flattest continent
• 2/3 classified as outback (hot & arid land)
• Majority of population lives near the coast
• Settled by European colonial powers such as Great Britain & France
1 Climate Geographic Features !Australia has a temperate climate, which means there are • Coral Sea many sunny days with mild temperatures. • Located on the northeast coast of Australia • Surface area is 1,850,000 square miles !Australia is located below the equator, so its seasons are • Location of a major WW II battle opposite of ours. Summer is from December to March and • Home to many types of marine life winter is from June to August.
!The coastal areas get plenty of rain, while the interior stays dry.
!The outback is warm during the day, but chilly at night.
Geographic Features Geographic Features • Ayers Rock— • Great Barrier Reef— • Also called Mount Uluru • Most famous natural landmark • It is the largest coral reef system in the world • Located in central Australia • It is more than 1200 miles long (close to the Great Wall of • 1142 feet high China! • Sacred site of the Aborigines • It is located in the Coral Sea on the northeast coast
The Outback Geographic Features • Much of Australia is covered by the Australian Outback. • It is a dry region that covers most of Australia’s interior. • Great Victoria Desert • Temperatures in the Outback can be very hot. • Largest desert in Australia • Named for Queen Victoria of England by Ernest Giles, the first • There is very little rain. European to cross it • Most of the soil is not good for farming. • Harsh conditions and the lack of fertile farmland mean that very few people live in the Outback.
2 Population Oceania’s Many Islands • Most Australians live in cities along Australia’s southeast coast. • High Islands • This is largely because of the mild, temperate climate the • created by Volcanoes region offers. • Low Islands (Atolls) • Due to rich mineral deposits, portions of northwest • created by coral reefs Australia are home to mining communities. • Miners rely on these natural resources for income. • The interior of the continent is dominated by the Outback.
New Zealand New Zealand
• Two large islands make up New Zealand, the North and South Islands. • Two Islands • Earliest inhabitants are known as the Maoris • North Island • Many beaches, volcanoes, hillsides are throughout the islands • Hilly mountains • Climate is a marine west coast climate which is very similar to • Volcanic plateau Washington State • Fertile farmland • Forests • rivers • South Island • Southern Alps • 360 glaciers • Forests • rivers
Antarctica Nothing but the facts…. • Ice Cap ! The average thickness of the ice sheet that covers 98% of • Ice cap covers almost 98 percent of land Antarctica is 2,200 meters (7,200 feet). • Some areas have ice two miles thick ! The continent overlies the south pole and covers 13,824,000 • Country contains volcanoes, mountains and plateaus. square kilometers (5,400,000 square miles). • Antarctica is a dry and windy landform where temperatures plunge to ! It is the fifth largest landmass on the globe. -129 degrees F. ! Early Greek geographers hypothesized the existence of • Contains mosses, krill (shrimp-like), lichens Antarctica well before anyone actually saw the continent. They believed that a landmass must exist at the bottom of the world to balance the land in the Northern Hemisphere. They called the mythological land "Antarctica," meaning "opposite the Arctic." ! No one set foot on the continent until John Davis went ashore on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820.
3 Neutral Antarctica Nuclear Testing • Antarctica is the largest supply of fresh water in the world. • In the 1940s the United States conducted nuclear • Many geologists believe there is a wealth of mineral resources below the ice. testing in the Marshall Islands.
• In 1991, 26 nations agreed not to mine Antarctica for 50 years. • The Bikini Atoll was the designated test site.
• The U.S. removed 167 inhabitants & conducted over 60 nuclear tests.
4 Oceania & Australia Physical Notes/Map Quiz
Directions: Using your Australia and Oceania physical notes packet answer the following questions.
1. Using the map in your packet identify the country that is marked with “1”.
2. Using the map in your packet identify the country that is marked with “2”.
3. Using the map in your packet identify the country that is marked with “3”.
4. Using the map in your packet identify the country that is marked with “4”.
5. Using the map in your packet identify the country that is marked with “5”.
6. How many islands make up Oceania?
7. True or False: Australia is an island, a country, and a continent.
8. How long is the Great Barrier Reef?
9. What is the dry region that takes up most of Australia’s interior?
10. What climate does most of New Zealand experience?