Pacific Islands

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1. With what resource did Nauru become wealthy? Oil Magnesium Zinc Phosphate

2. In what year was Hawaii annexed by the United States? 1900 1902 1898 1893

3. Which of these islands does not belong to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)? Yap Kosrae Chuuk (Truk) Palau (Belau)

4. Port Vila is the capital of which country? Solomon Islands Tonga Fiji Vanuatu

5. Which tiny nation found an unlikely source of wealth as a result of its internet country code? Samoa Tuvalu Kiribati Nauru

6. Which of these Pacific island cities has the largest population? Noumea, New Caledonia Suva, Fiji Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Honolulu, Hawaii

7. What relationship does Guam have with the USA? Unincorporated Territory Colony State Incorporated Territory

8. Which of these was a key provision of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that directly affected the Pacific Islands? Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Special Administrative Region (SAR) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) United States Trust Territory (USTT)

9. George Speight attempted a coup in which country in 2000? Vanuatu Kiribati Republic of the Marshall Islands Fiji

10. What is the deepest ocean trench in the world? Micronesia Trench Marshall Trench Caroline Trench Mariana Trench