Geographical and Cultural Terms Related to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, Quizzes of Geography

Download Geographical and Cultural Terms Related to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Aborigine DEFINITION 1 indigenous inhabitant of Australia TERM 2 Aotearoa DEFINITION 2 Maori name for New Zealand, meaning "Land of the Long White Cloud" TERM 3 archipelago DEFINITION 3 an island group TERM 4 APEC DEFINITION 4 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Group: international group of Asian & Pacific Basin nations that fosters coordinated economic development within the region TERM 5 atoll DEFINITION 5 low, sandy island made from coral; often oriented around a central lagoon TERM 6 CER Agreement DEFINITION 6 Closer Economic Relations Agreement: an agreement signed in 1982 between Australia & NZ, designed to eliminate all economic and trade barriers b/t the 2 countries TERM 7 haoles DEFINITION 7 light-skinned Europeans or US citizens in the Hawaiian Islands TERM 8 high island DEFINITION 8 large, elevated islands, often focused around recent volcanic activity TERM 9 hot spot DEFINITION 9 supply of magma that produces a chain of mid-ocean volcanoes atop a zone of moving oceanic crust TERM 10 kanakas DEFINITION 10 Melanesian workers imported to Australia, historically often concentrated along Queensland's "sugar coast"