Location

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Location TradeAustralia

• How Australias Location,Climate, and Natural
  Resources Impact Trade

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SS6G13

• The student will explain te impact of location,
  climate, distribution of natural resources, and
  population distribution on Australia.
• b. Describe how Australias location, and
  natural resources impact trade.

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Location

• China is Australias large neighbor to the north.
• Its economic growth has a direct impact on the
  Australian economy.
• Australia is the major supplier of natural
  resources to China.
• China needs Australian minerals and metals for
  industries.

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• About half of all Australian iron ore goes to
  China.
• In return, China provides Australia with
  affordable finished goods, from cars to
  dishwashers.
• Chinese investors are buying into Australian
  mining companies.

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• Australias location makes it expensive for
  people to visit from other countries.
• Most international tourists to Australia come
  from New Zealand.
• After that, they mostly come from England, the
  United States, and China.

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• Foreign tourists create about ¼ of Australias
  81 billion tourist industry.
• Australians themselves do the majority of tourism
  within their won country.
• The countrys remote location in the Southern
  Hemisphere makes it expensive for Australians to
  leave their country to visit another one.

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Climate

• The Australian summer is from December to
  Marchbelow is a list of seasonal changes
• Summer December to March
• Autumn April to May
• Winter June to August
• Spring September to November

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• Tourists from the Northern Hemisphere often visit
  Australias warm and sunny beaches when it is
  cold in their homeland.
• Summer is the rainy season in the tropical
  regions of the north.

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• Tourists usually wait until spring or fall to
  visit the rural areas outside the cities (the
  bush) and the outback (the wilderness areas in
  the countrys interior).
• That is because the weather is milder in spring
  and fall.

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• The winter months of June through September are
  generally mild, but there are snowfields in the
  southern mountain regions.
• In the non-desert regions, Australians grow
  grains in central inland Queensland, central New
  South Wales, inland Victoria, southeast
  Australia, and southwest Western Australia.

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• Australia is developing its cotton industry, and
  it has a large beef cattle industry.
• The Australian grains industry includes a range
  of different crops.
• The most common field grains are wheat, barley,
  sorghum, and cereal rye.
• Australians also export rice, chickpeas, lentils,
  and oilseeds, such as sesame seeds, canola,
  soybeans, and sunflowers.

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Natural Resources

• In the outback and across much of Australia, the
  ground is barren (has nothing growing on it).
  This is not ideal for farming.
• However, many important natural resources lie
  below the continents surface.

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• These resources include precious metals (gold and
  silver), uranium, coal, copper, and iron ore.
• Australia exports more coal and iron ore than any
  other country.
• Many industries use coal and iron ore.

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• Australia leads in mining bauxite, titanium, and
  industrial diamonds.
• No country has more reserves of lead, cadmium, or
  nickel.
• Uses for bauxite in cement, chemicals, face
  makeup, soda cans, dishwashers, siding for
  houses, and other aluminum products. ...

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• Uses for titanium Due to excellent resistance to
  sea water, it is used to make propeller shafts
  and rigging and in the heat exchangers of
  desalination plants ...
• Uses for cadmium It is a poisonous metal and its
  use is somewhat limited for this reason. Like
  zinc, cadmium can be electroplated to other
  materials to protect them ...Jan 13, 2010 ...
  Despite the risks, China manufacturers say their
  top priority is profit -- offering cut-rate goods
  often means using lower quality materials ...

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• Australia has exported nearly 400 billion worth
  of metals, minerals, and fuels in the past 20
  years.
• Natural resources account for 1/3 of the
  countrys economy.
• Natural resources have always been important to
  Australian trade.

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• In the mid-19th century, Australia experienced a
  gold rush in its southern region.
• Hundreds of thousands of speculators moved to
  Australia in search of gold.
• Most of these immigrants arrived from England,
  Ireland, Germany, and China.
• Uranium is a metal needed to make nuclear fuel.
  China and the U.S. are very interested in buying
  uranium from Australia.

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Quiz Yourself

• Which nations citizens visit Australia more than
  any other?
• a. China
• b. Great Britain
• c. New Zealand
• d. United States

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• 2. Which resources attracted thousands of
  immigrants to South Australia in the nineteenth
  century?
• a. coal
• b. gold
• c. uranium
• d. iron ore

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• 3. Which month is best for beachgoers in Sydney?
• a. June
• b March
• c. December
• d. September

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• 4. Which nearby country is most important to
  Australia for trade?
• a. China
• b. New Zealand
• c. United Kingdom
• d. United States

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• 5. Which month is the warmest month in Australia?
• a. January
• b. April
• c. June
• d. August