Question 1

Low-island environments are marked by economies based on fishing.

Accepted Answer

Low-island environments, such as the Maldives or Tuvalu, are often small and low-lying with limited land for agriculture. As a result, fishing has historically been a major economic activity and source of food for these communities.

Question 2

In the Pacific Realm,the so-called high islands mainly have volcanic origins,whereas the low islands are made of coral.

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This statement is true. The high islands in the Pacific Realm are mainly of volcanic origin, while the low islands are made of coral. This difference in geological origins has significant impacts on the topography, ecology, and culture of the islands.

Question 3

Pie-shaped best describes the cartographic form of national territorial claims that have been made in Antarctica.

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National territorial claims made in Antarctica are pie-shaped, with converging lines meeting at the South Pole. This is because the Antarctic Treaty System, which governs territorial claims in Antarctica, states that claims must be based on meridians of longitude, which converge at the South Pole.

Question 4

The capital of Papua New Guinea is ____________

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Question 5

The Antarctic Treaty that presently holds national land claims at abeyance expired in 1991 and was replaced by the Wellington Agreement.

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Question 6

Papua New Guinea is located in Polynesia.

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Papua New Guinea is actually located in Melanesia, not Polynesia.

Question 7

Russia stands to gain the most from the opening of the Arctic.

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While Russia stands to benefit significantly from the opening of the Arctic due to its extensive Arctic coastline and investments in the region, other countries including the United States, Canada, Norway, and Denmark (via Greenland) also stand to gain from new shipping routes, resource extraction opportunities, and strategic military positioning, making it inaccurate to say Russia gains the most unequivocally.

Question 8

The U.S.state that is located in the Pacific Realm is ___.

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Question 9

Like the Antarctic,the Arctic is divided among various counties into well-defined territories.

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The Antarctic is governed by the Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside the continent as a scientific preserve and bans military activity, but the Arctic is not similarly divided among countries. Instead, Arctic territories are extensions of the sovereign territories of the countries that border the Arctic Ocean (Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark (via Greenland), and the United States).

Question 10

The finger of land extending from the main body of Antarctica toward South America is known as the ___.

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Question 11

Shallow offshore continuations of coastal plains into adjacent seafloors are known as continental ___.

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Question 12

Polynesia is the Pacific's most populous region.

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Polynesia is not the most populous region in the Pacific. It is actually one of the least populous regions, with a total population of around 700,000 people spread out across over 1,000 islands. The most populous region in the Pacific is Melanesia, which includes countries like Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.

Question 13

Polynesian culture is characterized by its variety,diversity,and inconsistency from island to island in the Pacific.

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Question 14

The Pacific region that from the end of World War II through the 1980s was largely a United States Trust territory is ___.

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Question 15

The South Pole is today claimed by the United States,whose explorer Marie Byrd was first to reach this distant outpost in 1895.

Accepted Answer

The first person to reach the South Pole was Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1911. The South Pole is not claimed by any one country as it is designated as a continent-wide protected area under the Antarctic Treaty System. The United States does, however, operate the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station at the South Pole.

Question 16

High-island cultures are associated with fertile soils and farming economies.

Accepted Answer

High-island cultures typically refer to islands with volcanic origins, which often have fertile soils due to the presence of minerals and nutrients. These fertile lands allow for agriculture to be a primary source of economy for these cultures.

Question 17

The "LOS" in UNCLOS stands for ___.

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Quiz 13: Pacific Realm and Polar Futures