Island JAMZ
the man who "discovered" Guam
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
little governor
What is Gobernadorcillo?
the first appointed Governor of Guam during the American Occupation
What is Richard Phillips Leary?
Its native name means "Land of the Rising Sun"
What is Nihon or Nippon (Japan)?
Mr. Whatley's favorite pokemon
What is Mew?
the 3 islands of Oceania
What is Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia?
The new CHamoru upper class during the Spanish Occupation
What is Mannakhilo'?
Full power rested with one individual: the governor
What is Arbitrary Rule?
The war where Japan allied with Germany & Italy and fought the U.S. in the Pacific
What is World War II?
Mr. Whatley's favorite filipino dish that contains rice noodles, orange-yellow sauce, some shrimp and chicharon, and Jollibee doesn't serve it anymore! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
What is Palabok?
The capital of FSM
What is Pohnpei?
This basically means the King of Spain got permission from God to spread Catholicism everywhere, even if the people did not want it
What is Patronato Real?
The idea that CHamorus should become Americans for their own good
What is Benevolent Assimilation?
The day Japan attacked and invaded Guam
What is December 8, 1941?
This was Mr. Whatley's favorite film in 2023 about the father of the Atomic Bomb
What is Oppenheimer?
The CHamoru name of Tumon
What is Tomhom?
These mean "city watchmen" and "police commissioner" respectively
What is Cabezas de Barangay & Teniente de Justicia?
The war that made Guam a U.S. territory
What was the Spanish-American War?
The two cities that were hit by the atomic bomb
What is Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
The city that Mr. Whatley's favorite basketball team is from
What is San Francisco?
The 3 Tips of Polynesia
What are Hawaii, New Zealand, & Rapa Nui (Easter Island)?
The Spanish Colonial Administration Hierarchy IN ORDER
What is The King, The Council of the Indies, Viceroy, Governor-General, Governor of the Marianas, Sargento mayor, and Everyone Else?
The treaty that ended the war between America and Spain and gave the U.S. the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines, and Guam
What is the Treaty of Paris?
the FULL DATE of America's Liberation of Guam from Japanese control AKA Liberation Day
What is July 21, 1944?
Mr. Whatley's favorite quote which goes like this:
A king once asked a poet to write something that could make him both happy AND sad. A day later, the poet came back to the king with this simple response for when he was feeling too happy or when he was feeling too sad
What is "and this, too, shall pass"?