World Studies Notes Chapter 10 (Oceania & Australia)

I. The Islands of Oceania

A. Defining the Islands
1. high islands _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
2. low islands______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
3. Melanesia_______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________.
4. Micronesia______________________________________________________________
5. Polynesia________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
B. Original Discovery & Colonization & Impact
1. Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki proved __________________________
________________________________________________________________________.
2. John Paton ______________________________________________________________.
3. James Chalmers _______________________________________________________.
II. European Explorers
A. Ptolemy believed that the Southern Hemisphere _____________________
__________________________________________________________________________.
B. Alvaro de Mendana
1. explored for ___________________________.
2. discovered ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
3. Pedro de Quiros was a _______________________________________________.
4. Spanish exploration ended because _______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________.
C. Abel Tasman
1. explored for ____________________________.
2. Discovered ____________________________________________________________.
3. Maoris _________________________________________________________________.
D. Louis Antoine de Bougainville
1. explored for ____________________________.
2. Attempted to colonize the ___________________________ but due to
English claims he was forced to close his settlement.
3. Discovered ______________________ who enlightenment
philosophers would use to try to demonstrate mans natural
goodness.
E. James Cook
1. explored for __________________________.
2. Discovered and explored _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
3. Used __________________________ to fight _______________________.
4. Ship almost sunk along the _______________________________________.

III. European Settlement in Australia

A. The Original Australians
1. _______________________________ - name from Latin which means
original.
2. Lived spread out on Australia which is about the size of
___________________________.
3. Didgeridoo - _________________________________________________________.
4. Marn Grook - ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
5. European immigration pushed aborigines off much of their
but the most lethal thing they brought was ___________________.
B. England Claims New South Wales
1. England sent its convicts to Australia after ____________________
was no longer available.
2. The First Fleet - _____________________________________________________.
3. Arthur Phillip - ______________________________________________________.
C. Expansion and Establishment
1. Gregory Blaxland provided reason for expansion when he
found a passage through the ________________________________________.
2. The Outback - _________________________________________________________.
3. Wildlife - _______________________________________________________________.
4. The official name of Australia is ___________________________________
_______________________ and in 1927 __________________________ was
made the federal capital. (like Washington D. C.)