3-16-2015• I Can… identify the key terminology

relating to the study of Australia and New Zealand.

• Do Now… Get out a sheet of paper and put your heading on it… Write down 5 things you think of when you Hear Australia!

– Power Point with pictures and definitions– Key Terms Quiz on Wednesday!!!

Ch. 24 - AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND

Vocabulary

Coral Reef – structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals.

Outback- inland regions of Australia.

Station- cattle or sheep ranch in Australia.

Marsupial- mammal that carries its young in its pouch.

Immigrant- person who moves to a new country to make a permanent

home.

Boomerang- Australian weapon shaped like a bent wing that either

strikes a target or curves back toward the hunter.

Bush- rural areas of Australia.

Geyser- spring that shoots hot water through a crack in the earth’s

crust.

Manuka- small shrub of New Zealand.

Fjord- steep-sided valley cut into mountains by the action of glaciers.

Geothermal Energy- electricity produced by natural underground

sources of steam.

Hydroelectric Power- electricity generated by flowing water.