| A | B |
| ancestors | a person's past family |
| culture | the arts, beliefs, and customs, or ways of a people |
| migration | moving from one country to another |
| beachcombers | people who went to the Pacific islands because they liked the easy life |
| customs | the usual ways or practices of a people |
| resources | things or supplies that people can use to meet their needs |
| blackbirders | people who went to the Pacific islands, bought islanders, and took them to other countries to work |
| legislators | the group of people who make and change the laws of a country |
| parliament | the name for the lawmaking group in some islands that were colonies of Britain or France |
| ceremony | an event or act that has to be done in a special way |