Duplicate of Cultural Geography Chapter 23 Test Review

Which islands did Alvaro de Mendaña discover in 1568 and name after a biblical character?

What is the term for the Melanesian groups that worship people or transportation methods responsible for bringing goods.

The Capital of Vanuatu is

To which country do Niue and the Cook Islands belong?

All 25k islands scattered across the Pacific make up a combined total land area of less than that of the state of Alaska

To which country does Pitcairn Island belong?

Which island is the largest of the Mariana Islands?

The largest of the Solomon Islands is

What is the world's largest atoll?

The capital of Palau is

The French used New Caledonia from 1853 to 1894 as a

The Capital of Micronesia is

Dried coconut meat, a major export for many of the islands of Oceania, is called

The Capital of Solomon Islands is

The name given to the Hawaiian Islands at the time of their discovery by Europeans was

What is the acceptance and adoption of a foreign people's values and lifestyles?

Cannibals on the Pacific Islands were not legends told by imaginative sailors, but a reality of Oceania.

What is the name of the island twenty-six hundred miles off the coast of Chile that has rows of mysterious stone heads?

The word pacific means

*Start Short Answer* Name the two countries that make up the island of New Guinea

Who was the first European to chart the Pacific Ocean?

The island of New Guinea is divided into two separate countries.

To which country do New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna belong?

To which country do Guam, Wake Island, and the Midway Islands belong?

Framed houses that have a thatched roof and open sides are called

The Capital of Papua New Guinea is

Tropical rainforests cover only a small percentage of Papua New Guinea.

The capital of Fiji is

All of the islands of the Pacific became independent following World War II.

The island of Guadalcanal was the site of one of the earliest U.S. offensives of World War II.

Which great explorer discovered both New Calendonia and the islands later known as Hawaii?

A potato-like root up to twelve feet long that grows on many islands of Oceania is

More people live in Papua New Guinea than in all of the other Pacific islands combined.

To which country does Easter Island belong?

Which island's history includes stories of the HMS Bounty?

*Last Short Answer* From which of the Mariana Islands did the B-29s that dropped the first atomic bombs take off?

The capital of French Polynesia is

Which island has been called "the crossroads of the South Pacific"?

American Marines fought some of the fiercest battles of World War II on some of the islands of the Pacific.