PACIFIC/ POLAR REALM

Question 1

Pacific ocean almost covers _ the globe

Answer 1

1/2

Question 2

the Great pacific garbage patches covers what of the 5 themes?

Answer 2

human-environmental impact

Question 3

where is the middle of nowhere?

Answer 3

point nemo

Question 4

does anything live in the middle of nowhere?

Answer 4

no

Question 5

antipode

Answer 5

the antipode of any place on Earth is the point on Earth’s surface diametrically opposite to it.

Question 6

our antipode from justin hall is

Answer 6

indian ocean

Question 7

who has jurisdiction of the challenger deep?

Answer 7

usa

Question 8

what are the 3 type of landforms?

Answer 8

high/low islands & atolls

Question 9

high islands

Answer 9

life is easier on these islands and have good volcanic soil, good farming

Question 10

low islands are more common &

Answer 10

have sediment/coral and good fishing

Question 11

atolls are what shaped

Answer 11

ring shaped and are formed from a rim of a volcano

Question 12

Territorial Sea

Answer 12

water a state claims off its coast

Question 13

High Seas

Answer 13

free, open waters

Question 14

what’s the impact of an exclusive economic zone for the pacific?

Answer 14

big countries can’t come in and claim your area

Question 15

in the future, maritime boundaries will become more important for what part of Earth?

Answer 15

arctic ocean

Question 16

3 regions of the pacific realm

Answer 16

melanesia, solomon islands, and fiji

Question 17

transition zones (final)

Answer 17

papua new guinea, subsaharan africa(biggest), paraguay, ukraine, afghanistan

Question 18

what region is the most populated?

Answer 18

malanesia

Question 19

the solomon islands include…

Answer 19

new calcedonia, which is french & a former penal colony

Question 20

Fiji is _% melanesian and _% south asian

Answer 20

55, 35

Question 21

micronesia includes

Answer 21

smaller islands and mainly low islands

Question 22

where is the heart of the pacific?

Answer 22

polynesia

Question 23

polynesia is _x larger than melaneisa and micronesia combined

Answer 23

2

Question 24

what does ‘ecocide’ mean?

Answer 24

environmental disaster and societal collapse

Question 25

how did the Hawaiian islands form?

Answer 25

hotspots formed islands/mountains

Question 26

what is the largest city in the pacific?

Answer 26

honolulu

Question 27

americanization of ploynesian culture

Answer 27

honolulu

Question 28

Which direction does the pacific realm look?

Answer 28

west

Question 29

Pacific Realm, Antarctica, Southern Ocean cover _% of the world’s surface

Answer 29

40

Question 30

Why are claims important to Antarctica?

Answer 30

natural resourcea

Question 31

why no maritime claims?

Answer 31

the international treaty

Question 32

why is there a pennisula?

Answer 32

Andes mtns

Question 33

is the arctic ocean or antarctica larger?

Answer 33

antarctica

Question 34

globalization

Answer 34

the gradual reduction of regional differences at the world scale, resulting from increasing international cultural, economic, and political interaction

Question 35

What have been common elements across our look at the realms?

Answer 35

inequality, refugees, national self-interests, growing raw material consumption, urbanization, decline in traditional diets, migration (poor south to rich north)