Nuclear Testing
Invasion of the Rabbits
Traveling the Pacific
Vocab
100
The area that the U.S. tested atomic weapons
What is Bikini Atoll
100
The rabbits caused what to happen to Australian wild life?
they wiped out native plants and crops and caused competition with native australian animals endangering them.
100
To when did the Pacific Islanders keep their chart navigation a secret and why did they give it up?
until the late 1800s and the Europeans had invented new ways of easier navigation
100
define atoll
a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon
200
in 1946 the U.S. moved ______ Bikini Islanders to another atoll
167
200
By 1900 Australia had more than _______ (number) rabbits
1 billion
200
The horizontal sticks mark wave patterns in an area and the shells mark islands you will see in the certain area. What is this item?
Marshall Island stick chart/map
200
What does a voyaging canoe have that makes it different?
It has a double hull to help carry weight and stabalize it
300
The U.S. and the Soviet Union competed in...?
What is an arms race
300
_____ percent of rabbits were killed by the disease Myxomatosis
90%
300
Most scholars believe that the people who settled the Pacific Islands came from _____ (region)
Southeast Asia
300
What are the Marshall Islands
The chain of islands that the Bikini atoll lies in.
400
The U.S. conducted ___ (number) tests from 1940s-1950s
What is 66?
400
Australia's _____ climate produces sparse vegetation for rabbits to graze on.
arid climate
400
An outrigger has an _______ ________ that helps balance the canoe
An attached float.
400
Who were the Bikini Islanders?
The people that inhabit the Bikini Atoll
500
What types of long term effects did the nuclear testing cause to Bikini Islanders?
The islanders could not return home, Some islanders that attempted to return were poisoned with radiation.
500
In 1859 ______ (name) released 24 rabbits into australia so he could hunt them
Who is Thomas Austin?
500
Pacific Islanders used _______(s) and ________ charts to help navigate the ocean
Stars and stick charts
500
What is Myxomatosis?
the disease that the Australians infected the rabbits with to help reduce the population of rabbits.
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