Exam 13: The Pacific and Antarctica

__________ is the only monarchy in the Pacific.

The volcanic high islands of Micronesia far outnumber the low islands.

From 1946 to 1958,the United States conducted sixty-seven __________ in the Marshall Islands.The largest was known as the __________,a nuclear detonation over Bikini Atoll that was __________ times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on __________ during World War II.

The non-ice portion of Antarctica protrudes above the ice sheet and only covers a combined physical area equivalent to about the area of __________.

Large-scale __________ and the burning of __________ have increased the quantity of heat-trapping "__________" in the atmosphere.

The Antarctic ice sheet holds about _____ percent of the Earth's fresh water.

Islands that have enough __________ to condense moisture from the clouds receive adequate __________,but many islands with low elevations have a shortage of __________,making habitation or human development .

Natural changes in the conditions that affect climate include,but are not limited to,the dynamics of the sun,changes in the Earth's orbit,and volcanic eruptions.

Explain the primary environmental concerns of the islands in this region.

If all the ice and snow were removed from the continent it is estimated that the land area would only equate to about __________ square miles,roughly equivalent to the physical area of the US state of __________.

__________ is the largest island and home to more than seven hundred languages.

The hundreds of islands of the South Pacific are surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and make up the largest geographic area in the world.

There have been changes in the national boundaries to protect offshore fishing rights around each sovereign entity of the Pacific Islands.

In Micronesia,most of the islands that are composed of __________ and do not extend above sea level to any large extent are called '__________.'

Of the main island groups of Melanesia all are independent countries except __________,which is under the French government.

It is estimated that sea levels would rise as much as __________feet if the polar ice caps were to completely melt.

The cold waters off the coast of Antarctica move from east to west in a counter-clockwise rotation around the continent in a movement called the West Wind Drift or the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

The Maori living in New Zealand are originally from __________.

Polynesia includes the __________ Islands,in the north and the __________ Islands and _________ Island,in the east.

The largest island in Micronesia is __________