The bush

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-bush

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is "the bush"?The bush is a word that means big, wild places where there is little human building. It is used in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa to talk about forests, grasslands, and rocky areas that are far from cities.
2. Why do people call those places "the bush"?The word comes from old French and Norse words that meant woods or thickets. Settlers in Australia used it to describe the huge, uncultivated land they saw.

Vernacular: The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Endemic: Native or restricted to a certain country or area; found nowhere else.
Anthropogenic: Originating in human activity; resulting from the influence of human beings on nature.