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APHumanGeographyMapPacket#1:

Oceania&Antarctica

Ecumeneof‘Oceania’(Australia,NewZealand,Melanesia,Micronesia,andPolynesia)1

Page49reflectstheecumeneof‘Oceania’after1900.OnthemapbelowneatlyshadetheappropriateareasdepictingtheecumeneoftheseareasinGREEN(placesofintensesettlement).

1ThismappacketwaslastupdatedSeptember2,2017,andisbasedonthe12theditionofRubenstein’sTheCulturalLandscape

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Political&RegionalMapUsingthismap:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander#/media/File:Pacific_Culture_Areas.jpgoutlinetheislandregionsofOceania,thenlabeleachcountry/territorywithintheseregions:

RED(Micronesia):Palau,FederatedStatesofMicronesia,andtheMarshallIslands

PURPLE(Polynesia):HawaiianIslands(Americanstate),FrenchPolynesia(Frenchoverseasterritory),

BLUE(Melanesia):Fiji,NewCaledonia(Frenchoverseasterritory),SolomonIslands,andPapuaNewGuinea

ORANGE(Australasia):Australia,NewZealand

GREEN(SoutheastAsiaandislandnationsofAsia):ThePhilippines,Indonesia,andEastTimor

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PhysicalMapsofAustralia&AntarcticaManyoftheselandandwaterfeaturescanbefoundbyreferencinghttp://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/australia-physical-map.htmlandhttp://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/antarctica.htm

*SeveralotherswillrequireaGooglesearchforlocationidentification

WaterFeaturesofOceaniaCoralSea IndianOceanPhilippineSea CelebesSeaMurrayRiverGreatBarrierReef PacificOceanDarlingRiver ArafuraSeaJavaSea TasmanSeaTimorSea BismarkSea

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WaterFeaturesofAntarctica:SouthernAtlanticOcean SouthernIndianOcean RossIceShelf LarsenIceShelfFilchner-RonneIceShelfSouthernPacificOcean TasmanSea AmeryIceShelfDrakePassageWeddellSea

Filchner-RonneIceShelf

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PhysicalLandFeaturesofAustralasiaandMelanesia:PuncakJaya(mountain)MaokeMountains GreatDividingRange IslandofTasmaniaIslandofNewGuinea BismarckRange GreatVictorianDesert Uluru(AyersRock)BismarckArchipelagoMt.Kosciuszko GreatSandyDesertGreatArtesianBasin

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ClimateMapUsingtheclimatemaponpage34ofyourbook,appropriatelycolor-intheclimatesusingthesamecolorsasonthatmap,thenlabeleachofthem.ForyourownpreparationfortheAPtestinMay,itisalsoHIGHLYprudenttorefreshyourknowledgeofeachclimate’scharacteristicsandhowtheydifferentiatefromoneanother.

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AgricultureMapUsingtheagriculturemapspanningpages316and317ofyourbookappropriatelycolorthetypesofagriculturethatdominateparticularareas.ForyourownpreparationfortheAPtestinMay,itisalsoHIGHLYprudenttorefreshyourknowledgeofeachclimate’scharacteristicsandhowtheydifferentiatefromoneanother.