Social Studies Review

Category 1

100

Who helped rebuild Micronesia after the WWII?

United States

200

• What did voters vote for in 1978?
• How were the villages organized?

The constitution

under matrilineal clans

300

• What expanded as islanders took paying jobs?

cash economies

400

• Name three things that became common in the islands in the 1990s.

Fax machines, VCRs, computers

500

• Why did President John F. Kennedy close down the CIA program?

• Because they were criticized for favoring development in Saipan over other parts of the TTPI

Category 2

100

How long does it take for the economic agreement of the COFA to expire or extend?

15 years

200

• Which districts approved the constitution?

Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae

300

• What happened after the constitution was written?

Period of education began

400

• Why didn’t other Micronesian islands receive new technologies?
• What would the people do in order to be cured from the sickness caused by the spirits?

Because of geographic isolation

go through rituals or offer prayers

500

• The US CIA used Saipan as a location for what purpose?

• To train Chinese people to go back and fight communism in their country

Category 3

100

When was the COFA created?

November 03, 1986

200

• Which districts did not approve the constitution?

Palau & Marshall  

300

• In what year were Micronesians ready to hold a Constitutional Convention?

1975

400

List three kinds of social activities that were included in our ancestors’ daily lives.

Dancing, chanting, & telling stories

500

• What did the 1990s bring to all nations?

Challenges

Category 4

100

Which island people wanted to be US citizens?

Guamanians

200

• What was formed as a result of the vote for the Micronesian Constitution?

FSM

300

• Who wrote the Micronesian Constitution?
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• In order to provide for their needs, what did our ancestors use?

Delegates from districts

they used land and ocean resources

400

• A social activity provided enjoyment. What was its other purpose?

To pass on information and skills

500

• What made the world a smaller place?

Amazing advances in technologies

Category 5

100

Which district used to be part of the Pohnpei district and became its own separate district?

Kosrae

200

• What were our ancestors careful about in all their tasks?

Conserve natural resources

300

• What would FSM give the United States in return for their agreement?

Exclusive military access to the islands

400

• Who did our ancestors believe to have the power to help the living?
• According to our beliefs, why might the spirits cause people to become sick?

spirits of death relatives

because people were in conflict

500

• What did the people in the 1990s call themselves?

Global citizens