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Political Geography: Oceania

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Note that “Oceania” has two or more definitions, although all describe Pacific islands lying between Asia and the Americas. See the caveats below to learn what has been included in and excluded from Oceania for purposes of this quiz. For each question in this quiz, either the hint or the answer (or both) will have a connection to this definition of Oceania.

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INCLUDES Australia and New Zealand
EXCLUDES Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines
EXCLUDES the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian Islands
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This former British protectorate has always ruled itself, enjoying an uninterrupted succession of hereditary rulers from one family for centuries.
Tonga
Name one of the two UN General Assembly observer states that are under a Compact of Free Association with New Zealand.
Cook Islands | Niue
As of 2023, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has set a deadline to become a sovereign nation between 2025 and 2027. From which country will it become independent?
Papua New Guinea
The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands territory consists of eight insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Caribbean Sea. Name one of the U.S. Insular Areas in the Pacific.
Baker Island | Howland Island | Jarvis Island | Johnson Atoll | Kingman Reef | Midway Atoll | Palmyra Atoll | Wake Island
A French Overseas Territory from 1946 to 1998, this territory was given a special status of sui generis collectivity in 1999, beginning the process of establishing its own sovereignty.
New Caledonia
Germany dominated this island nation from about 1900 until 1914.
Samoa
Uninhabited Clipperton Island is considered by which European state to be its private property?
France
The Australian External Territory of Norfolk Island lies between New Caledonia and which country of Oceania?
New Zealand
Name the British Overseas Territory located in Oceania.
Pitcairn Islands
The Australian External Territory of Christmas Island was excised from which country in 1958?
Singapore
The third smallest country in the world was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire until after World War I, when it became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Nauru
Name the New Zealand Dependent Territory located in Oceania.
Tokelau
Three UN member states in Oceania are under a Compact of Free Association with the United States. One is the Marshall Islands. Name one of the other two.
Micronesia | Palau
Australia is a federation of states and territories. Name one of its six states.
New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Western Australia | Victoria
Ownership of the Australian External Territory Ashmore and Cartier islands is disputed with which country?
Indonesia
Name one of the three U.S. Territories in Oceania that is not included in the United States Minor Outlying Islands.
American Samoa | Guam | Northern Mariana Islands
Which Australian External Territory lies off the northeast coast of Queensland?
Coral Sea Islands
Rotuma is an autonomous region of this country.
Fiji
The British Crown Colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands became which two sovereign states in the late 1970s?
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Ownership of Wake Island is disputed by the United States and which other country?
Marshall Islands
Name one of the two French Overseas Collectivities located in Oceania.
French Polynesia | Wallis and Futuna
Name one of the two South American countries having territory that technically lies in Oceania.
Chile | Ecuador
Name the U.S. state that lies in Oceania.
Hawaii
Australia is a federation of states and territories. Name one of its three internal territories.
Australian Capital Territory | Northern Territory | Jervis Territory
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