Pacific Island Nations
Instructions: Explore the scattered island nations of the vast Pacific Ocean, from Fiji to Tonga and beyond!
- 1.
Which Pacific island nation is famous for its moai statues?
AFijiBTongaCSamoaDEaster Island (Chile) - 2.
What is the capital of Fiji?
ASuvaBLautokaCLabasaDNadi - 3.
Which Pacific island nation has the smallest land area of any independent country in the world?
APalauBTuvaluCMarshall IslandsDNauru - 4.
The three main regions of the Pacific Islands are Melanesia, Micronesia, and what?
AIndonasiaBOceaniaCAustralasiaDPolynesia - 5.
Which Pacific island nation is known for being the first country to see the sunrise each day?
AFijiBTongaCSamoaDKiribati - 6.
Papua New Guinea shares its main island with the Indonesian province of what?
ASulawesiBSumatraCPapuaDBorneo - 7.
Which Pacific island nation was formerly known as the Gilbert Islands?
AVanuatuBSolomon IslandsCTuvaluDKiribati - 8.
What is the most populous Pacific island nation?
AFijiBSamoaCPapua New GuineaDNew Zealand - 9.
Tonga is a Pacific kingdom. What is the capital of Tonga?
AHaapaiBEuaCVavauDNukualofa - 10.
Which Pacific island nation was formerly known as the New Hebrides?
ASamoaBVanuatuCSolomon IslandsDTuvalu - 11.
The Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the ocean, is located near which Pacific island group?
ANorthern Mariana IslandsBMarshall IslandsCFederated States of MicronesiaDPalau - 12.
Which Pacific island nation is made up of 33 atolls spread over 3.5 million square kilometers of ocean?
AMarshall IslandsBTuvaluCKiribatiDNauru - 13.
Samoa was the first Pacific island nation to gain independence. From which country did it gain independence?
ANew ZealandBAustraliaCUnited KingdomDUnited States - 14.
Which Pacific island nation's economy was largely built on phosphate mining?
ANauruBTongaCPalauDFiji - 15.
The Rock Islands of Palau are famous for what natural feature?
AMarine lakes with jellyfishBActive volcanoesCUnderground riversDFreshwater geysers