Chapter 30 Physical Geography of Southeast Asia, Oceania and Antarctica – Flashcards
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archipelago
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a set of closely grouped islands
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Oceania
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the group of islands in the Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
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high island
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Pacific islands created by volcanoes
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low island
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Pacific Islands made of coral reefs
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Great Barrier Reef
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a 1,250 mile chain of more than 2,500 reefs and islands along Australia's northeast coast, containing some 400 species of coral.
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outback
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the dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia
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voyaging canoe
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a large ship developed by Pacific Islanders to sail the ocean
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outrigger canoe
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a small ship used in the lagoons of islands where Pacific Islanders settled.
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atoll
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a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a logoon
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Bikini Atoll
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the isolated reef, located in the Marshall Islands of the Central Pacific, that was the site of US nuclear bomb tests, consequently contaminating the atoll with high levels of radiation and driving its inhabitants away
