Australia - Softcover

Moore, Jo E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557997128 ISBN 13: 9781557997128

Publisher: Evan-Moor Corp, 1999

The Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia -- together they form the amazing "island" continent of Australia. Now, with this one volume, your students can compare and contrast its peoples, customs, regions and political divisions. Topics and activities explored include: Locating Australia (it's place on the globe), Name the Hemisphere, Water and Landforms, Australia (black & white topographic map), Water Forms of Australia, Australian Landforms, Geographic Regions, Regions of Australia (Eastern Highlands, Central Lowlands, Great Western Plateau, Great Barrier Reef, Coastal Rainforests), Region Comparison Chart, Moving to Australia, Rainfall and Land Use, Political Divisions, States and Territories of Australia, How Many Pople Live Here? Poplulation, Australian Flag, How Far Is It? (linear distances between points), Using a Compass Rose, Longitude and Latitude, South Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia's Resources, Locating Resources, Movement of Goods, Imports-Exports, Sheep to Store, Here Come the Tourists, Australian Animals, Unusual Mammals of Australia, Marsupials and Monotremes, Animal Report Note Taker, The People of Australia, Life on a Sheep Station, City Life -- Country Life, Aborigines, Aboriginal Life, New South Wales -- A Time Line, What Does It Mean? Celebrating Learning and more. Plus, a full-color fold-out topographic map of Australia and the ocean surrounding it. It's just one of seven titles in our all-new series on world geography based on the five themes of geography -- Location -- Position on the Earth's surface, Place -- Physical and Human Characteristics, Relationships within Places -- Humans and the Environment, Movement -- Human Interactions on the Earth, and Regions -- How They Form and Change.

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