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Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 10 all terms review
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7th Grade
12/09/2021

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High Islands
Definition
Pacific islands of volcanic origin whose height enable agriculture to grow and humans to reside on them.
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Low Islands
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Pacific coral islands that have little fresh water and few places where humans can live.
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Melanesia
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 Group of pacific islands that includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon islands and Fiji.
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Micronesia
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a region of Pacific islands that are small and low; means “tiny island”
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Polynesia
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Group of Pacific islands located  between the Hawaiian islands, Easter island,  and New Zealand; means “many islands”
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Thor Heyerdahl
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Norwegian who proposed that the first Polynesians came from South America rather than Asia and proved it was possible to travel in a Balsa boat from Peru to the Pacific Island of Taumoto
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