Chapter 12 Key Term Quiz

Australasia and Oceania
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An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.

The development of Aboriginal art from the 1970s onwards in the western desert of Australia.

The theory that the settling of Polynesia started around 8000 BCE.

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

An arc tectonic activity, including volcanoes and earthquakes, caused by the movement of tectonic plates that surround the Pacific Ocean.

In general refers to any society dominated by settlers from elsewhere. More specifically refers to societies such as the Australia, Canada, and US that were populated by settlers form Europe.

Suggests a a recent and rapid expansion of Polynesian ancestors from Asia/Taiwan via coastal and island Melanesia, in the settling of the Pacific.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

A system of labor camps maintained in the Soviet Union in the early to mid 20th century.

The amount of greenhouse gases produced for any given person, entity or practice.

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