GEO 207 WEEK 7 Homework Assignment

GEO 207 WEEK 7 Homework Assignment
1	Both Australia and New Zealand are plural societies, and there were indigenous people in both countries when the European settlers arrived.  In virtually every respect, however, the historical geographies of contact and interaction in the two countries have progresses in very different ways.  The differences relate to contrasts in indigenous as well as immigrant cultures, divergent population numbers, contrasting territorial dimensions and physiographies, and dissimilar governmental policies and practices.  Comment on the differences between Australia and New Zealand in this context.  Are there ways in which indigenous demands are similar?  How are they expressed on the map?


2.	Australia may have a modest population, but its territorial dimensions, resource base, economic wealth, military capacity, and relative location make it a regional power.  Its relationships with its neighbors, however, have at times been problematic.  To what extent does relative location affect Australia- interact with Indonesia?  How has Australia- relationship with East Timor, before and after the latter- independence in 2002, been affected by its links with Indonesia, and what was the key issue in this context?  What interests does Australia maintain in Papua New Guinea?  Why would Australia be involved in problems in the Solomon Islands?