Chapter 33, Section 1
1. What major indigenous groups live in Australia and New Zealand?
The major indigenous groups that live in Australia and New Zealand include the Aborigines and the Maori.
2. How does the standard of living in the urban areas of Australia and New Zealand
compare with that of the more rural areas?
The standard of living in the urban areas of Australia and New Zealand compared to the rural areas is sort of low because the majority of the early population was nomadic.
Creative Writing: Compare and contrast how and why the different groups that make up the population of Australia and New Zealand today first came to settle the region.
The people that first migrated to the land, long long ago, consist of the Aborigines and the Maori. They most likely traveled over the land bridges during the Ice Age and used well traveled routes to seek seasonal food sources and water.
Chapter 33, Section 2
1. How does everyday life in the region reflect cultural diversity?
Everyday life in the region reflects the cultural diversity because it shows what type of things a person or believer of that culture/religion is required to do daily and how different one culture can be when compared to another!
2. How did European colonization adversely impact the region?
The European Colonization adversely impacted the region because of the diseases they brought with them that the indigenous people had not known about which lead to many deaths, the diversity of the cultures lead to violent ethnic conflicts, and they wanted to change the means of the indigenous people to be of all European customs!
Creative Writing: Imagine that you are a tourist traveling among the islands of any part of Oceania in an outrigger canoe. Describe one day of your travels as a journal entry. Be sure to describe the peoples and cultures, as well as their activities.
