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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
_________ is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island.
Fiji
Japan
Philippines
The majority of Fiji's islands formed through _______________ activity starting around 150 million years ago.
volcanic
oceanic
tectonic
Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific thanks to its abundant _______, _____, and ______resources.
forest/mineral/fish
oil/tourism/finances
farms/agriculture/tourism
Located in the central ___________, Fiji's geography has made it both a destination and a crossroads for migrations for many centuries.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
_____________ from Fijian towns shows that Fiji was settled by Austronesian peoples before or around 3500 to 1000 BC.
Archaeology
Pottery art
A mummy
The nations and territories predominantly populated by Austronesian-speaking peoples are known collectively as _______________________.
Melanesia
Indonesia
Austronesia
In Fiji, sandalwood was first harvested and exploited in the early 1800s by European settlers at Bua Bay in Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island.
TRUE
FALSE
______________ is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and, unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades.
Aromatic Plant
Sandalwood
Orchid flower
The climate in Fiji is ______________ and warm year round with minimal extremes.
temperate marine
cold marine
tropical marine
Fiji's culture is a rich mosaic of indigenous Fijian, Indo-Fijian, Asian and European traditions, comprising social polity, language, food, costume, belief systems, architecture, arts,___ , ____,____, and sports.
craft/music/dance
architecture/music/religion
tourism/fishing/dance
