Asuncion Island of the Marianas

The island's name comes from the Spanish word

• "ascension"

• "appreciation"

• "artistic"

• "agreed"

Who gave the present name to the island?

• Diego Luis de San Vitores

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Gonzalo de Vigo

• Taga

In 1695, all the Chamorros of Asuncion were

• forcibly removed to Saipan

• encouraged to develop their land

• shipped to the Philippines

• relocated to Spain

In 1910, six _________ died of illness.

• Japanese hunters

• Japanese soldiers

• Japanese sailors

• Spanish troops

During ________, Asuncion came under the control of the Empire of Japan, and was subsequently administered as the South Seas Mandate.

• World War I

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Spanish American War

Asuncion is _________ island

• densely forested

• highly overgrown with Savanah grass

• prepared as a farming

• purely volcanic with no plants growing

Asuncion's volcano last erupted in ________.

• the Old Stone Age

• 600 years ago

• 1906

• 2006

Vegetation on Asuncion includes

• Papaya

• Swordgrass

• Coconut Palm

• All of the Above

• None of the Above

Asuncion square miles are approximately

• 3 mi

• 10 mi

• 15 mi

• None of the Above

Asuncion is ______ north of Agrihan.

• 6 mi

• 23 mi

• 63 mi

• 103 mi