The Pacific Islands Flashcards
How are the Pacific Islands organized?
By cultural groups.
Who are the Melanesians?
A dark-skinned people in the Pacific Islands.
What is New Guinea?
A pacific island with new volcanic mountains.
What is Micronesia?
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a shared cultural history with two other island regions, Polynesia to the east and Melanesia to the south.
What is Guam?
Guam is a U.S. island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. It’s distinguished by its tropical beaches, Chamorro villages and ancient latte stones (stone pillars). Tumon Bay is a hub with bars, shops and an aquarium. Beaches include Ritidian Point, part of a wildlife refuge, and storied Two Lovers Point. Offshore are dive sites such as Apra Harbor’s sunken warships.
Why is Hawaii unique?
Hawaii has shield volcanoes.
What are the Samoan Islands?
A set of islands split into American Samoa and Polynesian Samoa.
What is an Atoll?
An atoll (/ˈætɒl/, /ˈætɔːl/, /ˈætoʊl/, /əˈtɒl/, /əˈtɔːl/ or /əˈtoʊl/),[1][2] sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands/cays on the rim.3 [4] The coral of the atoll often sits atop the rim of an extinct seamount or volcano which has eroded or subsided partially beneath the water. The lagoon forms over the volcanic crater or caldera while the higher rim remains above water or at shallow depths that permit the coral to grow and form the reefs. For the atoll to persist, continued erosion or subsidence must be at a rate slow enough to permit reef growth upwards and outwards to replace the lost height.
The Polynesian islands of Hawaii are where there are very active _____.
Shield volcanoes.
A fringe, or circle, of coral with no island in the center is called a(n) ___.
Atoll.
The largest cluster of Melanesian people can be found on ___.
New Guinea.
On the island of Fiji, the native Melanesian people are having difficulties with immigrants from ___.
South Asia.
On the island of Fiji, the native Melanesian people are having difficulties with immigrants from _____.
South Asia.
