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| What is Oceania? | a culture region of thousands of islands located out in a vast area of ocean & organized into countries & territories |
| High island? | island formed by volcanic activity |
| What is pidgin language? | language formed by combining parts of several different languages |
| Where is Oceania? | Pacific Ocean |
| About how many islands are in Oceania? | 25,000 |
| 3 main island regions that make up Oceania? | Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia |
| What does "-nesia" mean? | island |
| Low island? | island made of coral |
| About one-third of the tuna fish in U.S. comes from what U.S. territory? | American Samoa |
| Two most important economic activities in Oceania? | tourism & farming |
| Atoll? | low-lying ring shaped island surrounding a lagoon |
| Copra? | dried coconut meat |
| Phosphate? | mineral used to make fertilizer |
| Krill? | tiny shrimplike animal |
| Cacao? | seeds used to make chocolate |
| What kind of work do most of the people of Melanesia do? | subsistence farming |
| Are there people living on all of the islands of Oceania? | No |
| WWII battles between U.S. and Japan were fought in which region of Oceania? | Micronesia |
| Main manufacturing activity in Polynesia? | food processing(especially canning tuna fish) |
| Crevasse? | very deep crack in the Antarctic ice cap |
| How thick is the ice cap which covers the land of Antarctica? | up to 2 miles thick |
| Tallest mountain peak in Antarctica? | Vinson Massif |
| Most active volcano in Antarctica? | Mt.Erebus |
| Ice shelf? | part of ice cap that spreads past the land & covers part of the ocean |
| Iceberg? | huge chunk of ice that broke off of ice shelf & floats in the ocean |
| Why do scientists go to Antarctica? | to study the ozone, plants, animals, ice, minerals |
| Number one scientific research in Antarctica? | the ozone layer |
| Antarctic Treaty prohibits any nation from....? | taking resources from the continent |
| Ozone layer? | layer of the atmosphere that bocks harmful rays of the sun |
