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• How Rural areas differ from Urban area where you live?

Ch.33-1Australia & New Zealand

The People/Culture

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• Clan

• Boomerang

• Dominion

• Strine

The People• Indigenous peoples and foreign colonizers have made this

sub-region very diverse

Aborigines 1. First nomadic hunters & gathers to arrive in

Australia, feel a direct relationship to the Landscape2. They Believe in Dreamtime: a system of beliefs that

they feel connects them back to the beginning of time

3. Many different aboriginal groups:a. Arrente: live in central Australiab. Palawa: live on the island of Tasmania

The People (New Zealand)

Maori1. Came from the Islands of Polynesia2. Live by Hunting, Fishing, & raising crops3. Many ancient Maori traditions still exist

a. See the picture on Pg. 820 and write down theTradition and reason, of Maori women

Europeans

• Starting in the Late 1500s, Europeans sailed the waters around Australia & New Zealand

• Australia started out as a British Prison• Soon due to gold rush many came • After Britain colonized this region • Today most of the area’s people are of British decent

AsiansIncreasing numbers of East & SE Asians have moved to

Australia for economic reasons

Density and DistributionAustralia's physical geography creates an uneven

distribution of it’s people

• Most people live in the coastal regions of Australia & New Zealand

• Australia's largest cities & major ports are Sydney & Melbourne

• New Zealand’s ports and major cities are Auckland, Christchurch & Wellington

History & GovernmentPg. 820-821 use the chart below to organize factors that influenced the regions cultural diversity

and forms of Government

Indigenous Peoples

Migration European Colonization

Power Struggles

Aborigines

Maori

Culture pg. 822-823

• Create a chart or note style of your choice that organizes key facts about Australia and New Zealand’s Culture, make sure to read New Zealand's teen life on pg. 822

Aussie Slang

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