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Become and expert on
Oceania and Antarctica
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Polynesia
• Hot humid Islands in the Pacific Ocean
This island group lies east of Melanesia and Micronesia.
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Melanesia
• Island group that lies north and east of Australia
• Largest country is New Caledonia• Most islands are continental
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Micronesia
• Island group that lies north of Melanesia• In World War 2 USA and Japan fought
several battles in the islands of Micronesia
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Tahiti
• Largest island in French Polynesia
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copra
• Dried coconut meat
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Tapa cloth
• Product made from the inner bark of paper mulberry trees
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icebergs
• Large chunks of ice that fall off glaciers when they meet the ocean
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Antarctic Ocean
• The waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that border Antarctica
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Cape Horn
• The southern tip of South America
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Nauru
• Tiny republic that mines phosphates
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Antarctica
• Larger in size than the contiguous United States
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Huge Ice Cap
• In Antarctica a huge ice cap covers the landforms.
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1911
• South Pole discovery
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1959 treaty
• 12 countries signed a treaty agreeing to use Antarctica only for scientific research
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Mount Erebus
• Located on Ross island Antarctica