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KMS Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand
13
Geography
8th Grade
05/10/2011

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Great Dividing Range
(1)
Definition
A range of low mountains in Autralia
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geyser
(1)
Definition
A hot spring that shoots sprays of steam and boiling water into the air
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Outback
(1)
Definition
The interior region of Australia
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Uluru
(1)
Definition
A spectacular rock outcropping in the Australian Outback
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Great Barrier Reef
(1)
Definition
1250 mile chain of coral reefs off the coast of Australia
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outcropping
(1)
Definition
Bedrock that rises above the soil
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James Cook
(2)
Definition
A British sailor who claimed land in Australia
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aborigine
(2)
Definition
an original inhabitant of Austrlia
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penal colony
(2)
Definition
A settlement that serves as a prison
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Charles Perkins
(2)
Definition
An aboriginal rights leader
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Maori
(3)
Definition
A polynesian people who were the first inhabitants of New Zealand
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Polynesia
(3)
Definition
Islands of the central and southern Pacific
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Pakeha
(3)
Definition
A Maori word that means "white people"
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