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

• acculturation

• sociology

• social studies

• compromise

Dried coconut meat, a major export for many of the islands of Oceania, is called

• taro

• sirloin

• copra

• papaya

The word pacific means

• turbulent

• peaceful

• harsh

• paradise

The name given to the Hawaiian Islands at the time of their discovery by Europeans was

• Polynesia

• Melanesia

• Micronesia

• the Sandwich Islands

A potato-like root up to twelve feet long that grows on many islands of Oceania is

• copra

• taro

• papaya

• atoll

The largest of the Solomon Islands is

• Bougainville

• New Britain

• Guadalcanal

• Kwajalein

The French used New Caledonia from 1853 to 1894 as a

• coaling station

• penal colony

• military base

• fruit supply depot

Which island is the largest of the Mariana Islands?

• Tinian

• Guadalcanal

• Kwajalein

• Guam

What is the world's largest atoll?

• Guadalcanal

• Kiribati

• Kwajalein

• Nauru

Framed houses that have a thatched roof and open sides are called

• lean-tos

• chalets

• fales

• bungalows