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Become and expert on Oceania and Antarctica. Polynesia Hot humid Islands in the Pacific Ocean This island group lies east of Melanesia and Micronesia.

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1 Become and expert on Oceania and Antarctica

2 Polynesia Hot humid Islands in the Pacific Ocean This island group lies east of Melanesia and Micronesia.

3 Melanesia Island group that lies north and east of Australia Largest country is New Caledonia Most islands are continental

4 Micronesia Island group that lies north of Melanesia In World War 2 USA and Japan fought several battles in the islands of Micronesia

5 Tahiti Largest island in French Polynesia

6 copra Dried coconut meat

7 Tapa cloth Product made from the inner bark of paper mulberry trees

8 icebergs Large chunks of ice that fall off glaciers when they meet the ocean

9 Antarctic Ocean The waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that border Antarctica

10 Cape Horn The southern tip of South America

11 Nauru Tiny republic that mines phosphates

12 Antarctica Larger in size than the contiguous United States

13 Huge Ice Cap In Antarctica a huge ice cap covers the landforms.

14 1911 South Pole discovery

15 1959 treaty 12 countries signed a treaty agreeing to use Antarctica only for scientific research

16 Mount Erebus Located on Ross island Antarctica


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