Chapter 10 history Flashcards
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Pacific islands of volcanic orgin whose hight enables agriculture to grow and humans to reside on them
High islands
Pacific coral islands that have little fresh water and few places where humans can live
Low islands
Group of pacific islands that includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon islands, and Fiji
Melanesia
A region of Pacific islands that are small and low; means tiny islands
Micronesia
Group of pacific islands located between the Hawaiian islands, Eastern islands, and New Zealand
Polynesia
Norwegian Explorer who proposed that the first Polynesia came from South Africa rather that Asia and proved that it was possible to travel in a balsa boat from Peru to the Pacific island of tuammotr
Thor Heyerdah
Scottish missionary to the islands of the South Pacific
John Paton
Missionary to Papua New Guinea who was killed by the natives
James Chalmers
He explored the pacific islands
Alvaro de Mendona
Pacific island chain discovered by Alvero de Mendona
Solomon islands
A set of islands in the Pacific discovered by Mendana that were named after the viceroy of Peru
Marquesas
Attempted settlement by Mendana in the south Pacific islands; means “holy cross”
Santa Cruz
Dutch Explorer who sailed from southern India in search for unknown land but instead found Australia, Tasmanian, and New Zealand
Abel Tasman
Set of Islands inhabited by the Maoris
New Zealand
Tall fierce natives of New Zealand who resisted Dutch attempts to land
Maoris
Tasmans discoveries in Australia that were claimed by the Dutch east India company
New Holland
Captain of the 1st Fleet and later the governor of New South Wales.
Arthur Phillip
Crossed the Great Dividing Range in Australia with 2 companions
Gregory Blaxland
An island claimed by Boulgainville
Tahiti
English Captain who became the most famous Explorer of the Pacific
James Cook
French Explorer who claimed several islands for the French including Tahiti
Bougainville
