Vocab
Pacific Islands
Antarctica
Island Stuff
Odds and Ends
100
navigation charts that helped sailors to learn the locations of islands
What are stick charts?
100
The Micronesians were highly skilled..
What are sailors?
100
The U.S. and 23 other nations have agreed not to remove these from Antarctica.
What are minerals?
100
Papua, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji are part of this.
What is Melanesia?
100
word meaning custom
What is kastom?
200
shrimp-like animals that gather in huge masses to feed on algae
What are krill?
200
Polynesians first settled the island chains of Tonga and Samoa
When is 1500 B.C.?
200
Where most of the life in Antarctica is found.
What is the sea?
200
Kind of island mostly made up of volcanic rock and coral reefs
What is low island?
200
coconut meat
What is copra?
300
personal power
What is mana?
300
The way most chiefs gain their position.
What is by inheriting it?
300
About 99% of Antarctica's surface consists of this.
What is ice?
300
island or island chain that lies near or along a continent
What is a continental island?
300
severe tropical storms in South Pacific
What are typhoons?
400
forbidden
What is tabu?
400
In the early 1900s, the Pacific Islands were controlled by...
What are Europe and United States?
400
-56 degrees F
What is the average temperature of Antarctica?
400
Kind of island formed by a volcanic eruption
What is high island?
400
sea ice that forms into a large mass
What is pack ice?
500
an area placed under the temporary control of another country until it sets up its own government
What is trust territory?
500
Reasons why oral histories were important in some Micronesian and Polynesian societies.
What are stories told the history of ancestors and determined leadership?
500
Antarctica covers this.
What is the South Pole?
500
One of the biggest challenges the Pacific Islands face today.
What is building strong economies?
500
ledge of ice over coastal water
What is ice shelf?
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