Pacific Islands

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

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

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

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? Tuvalu Kiribati Samoa Nauru

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

7. What relationship does Guam have with the USA? State Unincorporated Territory Colony 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? Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Special Administrative Region (SAR) United States Trust Territory (USTT)

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

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