Geographic Regions

Question 1

How many regions in Oceania are there?

Answer 1

4

Question 2

What are the four regions called?

Answer 2

Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand

Question 3

What does micro mean?

Answer 3

Small

Question 4

What does mela mean?

Answer 4

Dark/black

Question 5

What does poly mean?

Answer 5

Many

Question 6

Where are the islands of Micronesia?

Answer 6

The islands north the equator and Kiribati; west (Palau) to east (Kiribati)

Question 7

What islands are in Micronesia?

Answer 7

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia

Question 8

Where are the islands of Melanesia?

Answer 8

Underneath Micronesia

Question 9

What islands are in Melanesia?

Answer 9

Papau New Guinea, Narau, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia

Question 10

Where are the islands of Polynesia?

Answer 10

Polynesia triangle; everything else; Fiji to Easter Islands (Rapanui) to Hawaii (WEN)

Question 11

What islands are in Polynesia?

Answer 11

Hawaii, Niue, Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Pitcairn Islands, French Polynesia