Notes

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
NZ:Almost 90 percent of the country’s indigenous plants are only found there,AU:Outback covers almost two-thirds of Australia,AU:two-thirds the size of the United States,Glaciers made lakes and rivers,Seventy percent of Australia is described as arid or semi-arid,Freshwater is unevenly distributed, unreliable, and seasonal.
LESSON 1-------------------------------------------------------
1-continent not island,location,flat,Great Dividing Range,Western Plateau,three deserts,outback/bush
2-Nullarbor Plain,Great Australian Bight,Central Lowlands(extraction of minerals),New Zealand location,geog features,Mount Ruapehu,Southern Alps,Mount Cook,sunken mountains,
3- atolls,Atafu atoll , caldera,Reporoa in Taupo, Lagoons,
4-Murray and Darling,dry ,Great Artesian Basin, artesian wells,salty,people and water are not located in the same place,New Zealand lot of freshwater,NZ:OECD,mountains split,catchments,
5-tourism,beaches,Great Barrier Reef,auckland sailing,climate ,
6-climate ,wet seasons,Marsupials,wetlands ,savanna ,the Great Barrier Reef shrinking,coral
7-New Zealand climate,Temperatures ,rain ,Manuka,economies and resources,NZ:volcanic soil & geothermal energy,
8-mineral resources,mining,bauxite,pounamu
LESSON 2--------------------------------------------------------
1- Aborigines,clans,boomerang,
2-Maori new zealand,European Exploration and Settlement ,cook,australia penal colony,Bushrangers
3-1800s economy,indigenous impact and reserves,Maori impact,Treaty of Waitangi,Commonwealth of Australia,
4-new zealand independence,Maori Representation Act,voting,govt,republicanism ,
5-Population Patterns,immigrations,Aborigines groups,maori pop,
6-distribution ,coasts,cities ,urban ,most pop on N island,aging population ,
7-national identity,language , Strine,pidgin English,medical care ,
8-Stolen Generations,Aborigines and Maori rights, education,aborigines relations,
9-maori relations,racism ,family ties,whanau,women ,
10-arts,movies,ANZCERTA
11-economy,natural resources ,industries ,service sectors,
LESSON 3---------------------------------------------------------
1-Agriculture ,livestock,ranches stations,degradation,
2-copra,arable,graziers,animals,rabbits,feral foxes,
3-exotic plants ,prickly pear,Introduced species, kiwi,
4-forest clearing,pasture,Deforestation ,soil erosion,drought ,overgrazing ,Land use modification,
5-Murray-Darling River Basin ,soil and water salinity,Toxic waste reef and ocean,increases in Earth’s temperatures bad,coral and the algae ,coral bleaching,
6-Pollution marine life,
7-Natural Heritage Trust,Caring for our Country,Australian Government Envirofund ,NRMs,
8-WWF,protection of the Great Barrier Reef,Tindall Foundation ,Conservation Innovation Fund ,
9-Resource Management Act,reforestation ,National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research,