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Chapter 22 Section 6
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History
12th Grade
03/19/2009

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Ferdinand Marcos
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President of the Philippines tried to improved education and transportation.
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Benigno Aquino
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Assassinated by President Marcos.
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Corazon Aquino
Definition
Widow of Benigno Aquino became president after Marcos.
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Fidel Ramos
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Succeeded Corazon Aquino as president.
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Paul Keating
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Prime minister of Britain who pushed for the creation of an Australian republic.
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David Lange
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New Zealand prime minister.
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Jim Bolger
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Lange’s successor of prime minister, improved relations of U.S on a nuclear issue.
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Toby Doust
Definition
Explorer of Austraia
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Tahiti
Definition
Held as colony as western powers for military reason.
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Papua New Guinea
Definition
Made of 700 islands mostly territory on the eastern half of New Guinea.
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Philippines
Definition
Group of islands east of Vietnam
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Australia
Definition
Pacific Continent, large dependent on Great Britain.
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New Zealand
Definition
1,000 Miles Southeast of Australia
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Fiji
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Free island after WWII
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Archipelago
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Group of islands
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Huks
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Ferdinand Marco’s supporters.
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ANZUS
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Linked Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S in a mutual defense pact.
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Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone
Definition
area bound to no nuclear activity
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Maori
Definition
People of New Zealand
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Melanesians
Definition
island of the black-skinned people
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Micronesians
Definition
small islands in the Pacific Ocean
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Polynesians
Definition
sub region of Oceanica
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Pacific Rim
Definition
Countries bordering pacific ocean.
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