Geography Ch. 23- The Pacific Islands

All 25,000 islands that are scattered across the Pacific Ocean make up a combined area of less than that of the state of Alaska.

• True

• False

All of the islands of the Pacific became independent following World War II.

• True

• False

Cannibals on the Pacific islands were only legends told by imaginative sailors, not a reality of Oceania.

• True

• False

The island of New Guinea is divided into two separate countries.

• True

• False

The capital of Fiji is

• Honiara

• Koror

• Port Vila

• Suva

The capital of Vanuatu is

• Port Vila

• Port Moresby

• Palikir

• Papeete

The capital of Papua New Guinea is

• Palikir

• Koror

• Port Moresby

• Honiara

Easter Island belongs to

• Chile

• France

• Great Britain

• United States

Guam, Wake Island, and the Midway Islands belong to

• France

• Great Britain

• New Zealand

• United States

What is the acceptance and adoption of a foreign people's values and lifestyles?

• acculturation

• social studies

• sociology

• compromise