The Land Down Under Australia

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The Land Down UnderAustralia
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Australia

• Australia is the smallest continent. It is also
  the only continent in the world that consists of
  a single country.

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Australia

• The tail of the tape. USA v. Australia.
• - Australia is the same size as the contiguous
  United States.
• -The word contiguous means continuous/ attached.

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Australia

• Q What is the largest structure ever created by
  an animal?
• A The Great Barrier Reef
• -1,196 miles long
• -82,800 square miles.

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Australia

• Odd Animals
• -Marsupials
• -Kangaroo
• -Wallabe
• -Koala
• -Ducked Bill Platypus
• -Dingo

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Australian Activity

• This comes from the reading on page 302-307
• You will draw a political cartoon of one of the
  following events.

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Australian Activity

• The use of Australia as a prison for the British
• The 51 ers
• Bias towards the Aborigines by Europeans
• Environmental concerns
• -overgrazing, intensive mining,
• lack of water

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Australian Activity

• Immigration policies
• Nuclear Free zone of New Zealand

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Cook not Hook

• Go directly to jail pass Africa but dont
  collect 200.00.
• -Captain Cook
• -Prison, over crowded jails in England
• -Elizabeth, the two James boys
• and Irish whores.

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Australia

• Aborigines
• -Hey there white boy!
• -the English said no one lived in Australia
  when they arrived.
• -However, there were over
• 300,000 Aborigines
• -What did they give the world?
• -Cremation? Hunting Dogs?
• -boomerang

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Aboriginal People

• Q Why were the Aborigines so backward compared
  to most of the rest of the world when the English
  arrived?
• A They had not experienced much diffusion.

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Australia

• Whats the deal with England?
• - English Common Wealth
• We got your back.
• -We English speaking people have to stick
  together!
• -WWI, -WWII, PGW, What ever we want to call
  this.

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Australia

• Election Day
• -Australia is a democracy where all adult
  Australians have a vote.
• -You must use that vote or
• You will be fined!

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Australia

• Economy
• -Coal
• -Aluminum
• -Gold
• -Tourism
• -Australias economy has to find new ways to make
  money so they do not deplete their natural
  resources.

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Australia

• A population much like ours.
• A melting pot.
• -One of every three people is an immigrant or
  has parents who were.
• Australia is very urban.
• -Sydney and Melbourne both have well over 3
  million people!

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Activity 2Debate

• We will be debating this question
• Is modernization beneficial or harmful to the
  island people of Oceania?
• All of the information that you will need to
  debate this issue can be found from your reading
  last night on pages 307-310.

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Australia

• Dad Hey Dan happy 16th birthday.
• Dan Thanks Dad. So what did you get me?
• Dad A new set of luggage.
• Dan Why?
• Dad It is about time you move out.
• -Most Australians move out by 16 and start dating
  around 12.

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Australia

• -Their typical school day goes from 900-330.
• - You only have to go to school in Australia till
  you are 15! (If you want to go to college you go
  two more years.)

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Australia

• -Christianity is the overwhelming (87) choice
  for Australians.
• -There are over 80 different religions in
  Australia.

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Australia

• Famous Aussies-
• - Mel Gibson
• -Nicole Kidman
• -Paul Hogan
• -Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter
• -Russell Crow

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Australia

• Sports
• -Crocodile wrestling
• -Surfing
• -Sailing
• -Fishing
• -Swimming
• -Cricket
• -Golf
• -Football (S)
• -Rugby

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Australia

• Seasons are opposite of ours.
• Australians eat more meat then any other nation.
  (USA 2)

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Outback

• Not the steakhouse but the hot dry humid interior
  of Australia.