Info/Geography
What is the official country name?
Republic of the Marshall Islands
What is the nationality of the people? (spelling counts)
Marshallese
What is the capital and most developed area of RMI? (spelling counts)
Majuro
This agreement guaranteed that U.S. would provide money, defense, and free entry into the U.S. to Marshallese.
Compact of Free Association
What is a major challenge today for RMI?
Getting the U.S. to acknowledge the atolls were affected by the nuclear testing.
True or False: There is a lot of rainfall and good water sources from rivers.
False
What kind of outsiders influenced the Marshallese and their culture?
Whalers, traders, beachcombers, and missionaries
What are the 3 industries in RMI that support the economy?
Copra, Crafts, and Fishing
What does the U.S. get in return from the Compact Agreement?
The right to use Kwajalein atoll and deny entry by foreign military into RMI
She was the first Marshallese to earn a doctoral degree and the most successful student. (spelling counts)
Hilda Heine
How many atolls and coral islands make up the RMI?
29 atolls, 5 coral islands
What is a walap? (spelling counts)
ocean going canoe; fastest ocean vessel
Due to the nuclear testing that was done, tourists come to do this at Bikini atoll.
Scuba diving
In what year does the Compact of Free Association expire?
2023
What was the world's largest thermonuclear test called?
Castle Bravo
What is the political status and form of government of RMI?
Independent, in free association with the United States; parliamentary
Stick charts used for training navigators are called what? (spelling counts)
Wapepe
How does RMI get most of their money? Through what process does this happen? Explain your answer.
Compact of Free Association from which the U.S. rents land for military bases.
How does the Compact of Free Association end?
Both RMI and U.S. have to agree to end it.
What was wrong with the groundwater and food?
It was unsafe, radioactive, and contaminated.
According to the text, RMI is roughly the same size as which place in the U.S.? (spelling counts)
Washington D.C.
What are the 3 different countries that administered RMI?
Germany, Japan, and the United States
What is the total amount of money that would be paid from the Compact after 2023? How much went to Rongelap? How much went to Enewetak?
$45 million to Rongelap and $341 million to Enewetak
What do the Marshallese leaders want for their country?
They want the right to decide how to spend their own money in their own country.
What are all the major effects of the nuclear testing done in the RMI? Name at least 5
Contamination, illnesses, forced to leave their homes, overcrowding, U.S. continues to use the land for military, people are allowed free entry into the U.S., protection from the U.S., money from the U.S.