Vocabulary
What is the definition of chaos?
A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
What was happening during the 1870s?
German companies lease lands to establish copra plantations.
Who is George Fritz?
The person who led the new administration.
Who owned most private businesses and has the most wealth?
The Chamorros.
What villages did the local teachers use to start classes in? What other islands?
The villages and island teachers started classes on Tanapag, Garapan, and Rota.
What is copra?
They are dried coconut kernels, from which oil is obtained.
What was established in the year 1899?
August 7, Captain Richard Leary, USN, establishes the US naval administration on Guam.
Who was happy to see Don De Blanco leave?
The people on Saipan were glad to see him leave.
Why was the Spanish language forbidden?
Because the Germans wanted to make the people learn German
Why did the Germans want the Marianas?
The Germans wanted the Marians for their international prestige.
What does it mean when you get voided?
You have no legal force or effect.
What was formally registered in the year 1902?
NMI land titles are formally registered.
What was Pedro Ada known for?
Being the only one to become a naturalized German citizen.
Who made canoes for traveling and for fishing in the 1800s?
The Carolinians.
What did George Fritz change?
He changed the Spanish tax system.
What is a bacteriology?
A study of bacteria.
What happened in 1909?
Dr. Paul Schnee becomes first government physician in the NMI.
What was Dr. Dwucet job in the year 1905?
He would arrive and take control of the educational system.
What is the primary religion that continued during what administration?
Catholicism was the major religion that continued while the Germans were in the Marianas.
What Island did they add as one of their colonies?
The Island they added as one of their colonies was the Marshall Islands.
What does it mean to cultivate?
To prepare and use land for crops and gardening.
What was happening in the year of 1914?
Japanese occupation of Saipan begins.
How many German officials were in the Marianas?
There were six German officials in the Marianas.
Were there marriages to the Germans?
False, there were no marriages to them.
How long (to be exact years, months, and days) were the Germans in the Marianas?
They were in the Marianas for 14 years, 12 months, and 19 days excluding the end date.