Statistics for Political Geography: Oceania

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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	100%
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	94%
Name one of the two UN General Assembly observer states that are under a Compact of Free Association with New Zealand.	Cook Islands \| Niue	88%
Name the U.S. state that lies in Oceania.	Hawaii	88%
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	88%
The British Crown Colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands became which two sovereign states in the late 1970s?	Kiribati	82%
Australia is a federation of states and territories. Name one of its six states.	New South Wales \| Queensland \| South Australia \| Tasmania \| Western Australia \| Victoria	82%
The Australian External Territory of Norfolk Island lies between New Caledonia and which country of Oceania?	New Zealand	82%
This former British protectorate has always ruled itself, enjoying an uninterrupted succession of hereditary rulers from one family for centuries.	Tonga	82%
Name one of the two South American countries having territory that technically lies in Oceania.	Chile \| Ecuador	76%
Rotuma is an autonomous region of this country.	Fiji	76%
Uninhabited Clipperton Island is considered by which European state to be its private property?	France	76%
Name one of the two French Overseas Collectivities located in Oceania.	French Polynesia \| Wallis and Futuna	76%
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	76%
	Tuvalu	76%
Ownership of Wake Island is disputed by the United States and which other country?	Marshall Islands	71%
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	71%
Germany dominated this island nation from about 1900 until 1914.	Samoa	71%
Australia is a federation of states and territories. Name one of its three internal territories.	Australian Capital Territory \| Northern Territory \| Jervis Territory	65%
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	65%
Ownership of the Australian External Territory Ashmore and Cartier islands is disputed with which country?	Indonesia	65%
Name the British Overseas Territory located in Oceania.	Pitcairn Islands	59%
Name the New Zealand Dependent Territory located in Oceania.	Tokelau	29%
Which Australian External Territory lies off the northeast coast of Queensland?	Coral Sea Islands	24%
The Australian External Territory of Christmas Island was excised from which country in 1958?	Singapore	24%