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The document provides information about Oceania, including its three main regions - Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It defines key Oceania geographic features like atolls and archipelagos. It also lists important details about the US territories in Oceania and provides an overview of the islands and nations that make up each of the three regions.
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- 15. Vanuatu
- 16. Quick Write • What country is on an island which is part of two continents—Asia and Australia/Oceania? • What European country used to own New Caledonia?
- 17. Micronesia • During World War II, the US fought a number of bloody battles against Japan on these islands • Northern Mariana Islands (US territory) • Guam (US territory) • Palau • Nauru • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Federates States of Micronesia
- 19. Guam
- 20. Palau
- 21. Nauru • The world’s smallest island nation • 80% of the island cannot support life due to massive phosphate mining
- 22. Kiribati
- 23. Marshall Islands
- 24. Federated States of Micronesia
- 25. Quick Write • What ocean are these islands located in? • In what war did many battles occur between the US and Japan • What island has a major naval base?
- 26. Polynesia • Samoa • Tonga • French Polynesia • Pitcairn
- 27. Samoa
- 28. Tonga
- 29. French Polynesia Tahiti
- 30. Pitcairn Island • Mutiny on the Bounty 1795 • 8 English crewmen, 6 Tahitian men, 18 women (most of them kidnapped) and a baby settled on the island to avoid the British Navy • Today most of the 67 inhabitants are descendants of this group
- 31. Animation
- 32. Quick Write • What European country controls the large archipelago in Polynesia • In what war did many battles occur between the US and Japan • What island has a major naval base?
- 33. • What number is Melanesia? • Polynesia? • Micronesia?
Editor's Notes
- The world’s smallest island nation. 80% of the island cannot support life due to massive phosphate mining.
- As seas begin to rise, climate change refugees are coming out of Kiribati
- During the period from June 30, 1946, to August 18, 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, all of which were considered atmospheric. The most powerful of those tests was the "Bravo" shot, a 15 megaton device detonated on March 1, 1954, at Bikini atoll. That test alone was equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs.