Vocabulary
Government in Micronesia
Government in Polynesia
Who Rules?
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100
Not governed or controlled by another country
What is INDEPENDENT?
100
A territory of the United States.
What is GUAM?
100
The political classification of AMERICAN SAMOA.
What is an UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES?
100
The head of the government of an independent country
Who is the PRESIDENT?
100
A part of a country but its people may not have all the rights of other people in the country
What is a TERRITORY?
200
A territory under the administrative control of a country designated by the United Nations
What is a TRUST TERRITORY?
200
The three island groups under the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands after World War II
What are CAROLINES, NMI, and MARSHALLS?
200
These islands have a political relationship with New Zealand.
What are TOKELAU, NIUE, and COOK ISLANDS?
200
A name for the head of the government in an independent country that was once a British or French colony
What is a PRIME MINISTER?
200
Military members who take over by force.
What is a JUNTA?
300
An island's relation to a country that defends it, gives it money, and takes care of its dealings with other countries
What is FREE ASSOCIATION?
300
This island's compact of free association guarantees its own independence but receives funding and military protection from the United States.
What is PALAU?
300
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) These three islands are independent.
What are WESTERN SAMOA, TUVALU, and TONGA?
300
The group of people who make and change the laws of a country
What is a LEGISLATURE?
300
Rule by few.
What is an OLIGARCHY?
400
A country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen
What is a REPUBLIC?
400
This island became a United Nations Trust Territory governed by Australia after World War II. They became independent in 1968.
What is NAURU?
400
The political classification of Hawai'i.
What is U.S. STATE?
400
An island or island group protected, but not ruled, by another more powerful country
What is a PROTECTORATE?
400
The two types of monarchies.
What are ABSOLUTE and CONSTITUTIONAL?
500
A political unit that is like a U.S. state but that pays no federal taxes and has only a representative in Congress who does not vote
What is a COMMONWEALTH?
500
In 1979, the Trust Territory was divided up these islands who are in free association with the United States.
What are Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae?
500
What is Norfolk's political classification?
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
500
The name for the lawmaking group in some islands that were colonies of Britain or France
What is PARLIAMENT?
500
A form of dictatorship of controlling the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed.
What is TOTALITARIAN?
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