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In territorial size, the largest country in Melanesia is:
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Papua Guinea
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The island of New Guinea is included in the pacific region known as:
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Melanesia
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Which of the following is located in Melanesia?
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Papua, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanatu, New Calcedonia.
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Papua New Guinea has faced an insurgency movement in:
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Bougainville
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Prior to independence, New Guinea was administered by:
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Australia
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Which of the following is false about Fiji?
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Large # of Australians retired to the island.
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Which of the following is located in Micronesia?
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Papua, Federated States of Micronesia, Nimaviana Islands, Pep. of Marshal Islands.
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The better-watered volcanic island, where the economy is based upon agriculture, are known as the:
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High Islands.
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The dominant economic activity associated with high-island cultures is:
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Tourism
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The Pacific region called _________ takes its name from the word for many, and is contained within a huge triangle whose corners are New Zealand, Easter Island, and the Hawaiian Islands.
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Polynesia
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Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of:
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Polynesia
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The country abbreviated as PNG is the largest state in the Pacific region called ___________.
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Papua New Guinea
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The Pacific region that from the end of World War 2 through the 1980s was largely a United States Trust territory is __________.
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Micronesia
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