Friday, May 01, 2009

The South Pacific: Aussie / Kiwi review

1. Ocean east of Australia.
2. Largest Australian city.
3. Australian island south of the mainland.
4. Nation that's a northeast neighbot of Australia - across the Coral Sea.
5. Extemely populous nation that's a neighbor to the northwest.
6. Massive coral formation off the northeast coast.
7. The aborigine name for Ayer's Rock.
8. This vast region encompasses several deserts.
9. City on the western coast.
10. 6cean on the west.
11. Neighboring nation to the southeast.
12. A hongi is a Maori greeting in which people make contact with their __ and __.
13. Paikea, a whale rider and chief ancestor to the __ people.
14. Indigenous people of Australia.
15. Indigenous people of New Zealand.
16. A fashionable sport that originates with the Maori women: __ juggling, or spinning.
17. Fashionable musical instrument that originates with the Aborigines.
18. Aboriginal people of Louisiana?
19. "May day! May day! may day!" is an international signal of __.
20. May Day is an occasion of enormous pre-christian celebration.
Maypoles are often erected. Masses of people dance, sing and feast. Basically it celebrates a) fertility b) Lent c) death d) Buddha.
21. The national symbol for New Zealand is a flightless, nocturnal bird called the Kiwi. T / F

more vocab -
pater / paternal / patrilineal
mater / maternal / matrilineal
monogamous / polygamous
heroine

Indie work:

Compare the life of Steve "Crocodile hunter" Irwin and the fictional movie character Crocodile Dundee.

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