31 SA OC AT Mig Conq Word Scramble
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| Word | Description |
| World War II | Japan occupied SEA during World War II |
| Poi | taro root made into a paste and is often allowed to ferment |
| Vietnam War | the military conflict resulting from American involvement in South Vietnam to prevent its takeover by Communist North Vietnam |
| Colonization | many Europeans began to arrive SEA in 1509, few had interest is colonization but rather wealth, used methods to take over trade, colonial rulers set up tralized bureaucratic governments, forced to produce commodities, effect of sparking nationalism |
| Subsistence activities | an activity in which a family produces only the food, clothing, and shelter they themselves need |
| Maori | the first settlers of New Zealand, who had imigrated from Polynesia more than 1,000 years ago |
| Tonga | A country that consists of an island group of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean |
| Khmer Empire | a powerful empire that lasted roughly from the 9th to the 15th centuries in what is now Cambodia |
| Melanesia | a region in Oceania meaning "black islands" |
| Aborigines | people that migrated to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago |
| Kiribati | A country that consists of an island group of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean |
| copra | the dried meat of coconuts |
| Marshall Islands | A country that consists of an island group of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean |
| ASEAN | The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an alliance that promotes economic growth and peace in the region (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, singapore, Thailand) |
| Tahiti | located in Polynesia, and east of Tonga |
| taro | a tropical Asian plant with a starchy root, which can be eaten as a boiled vegetable or made into breads |
| Oceania economy | most of the economy revolves by subsistence activities, fishing and agriculture have great income, turism has become important and few factories |
| Island groups | all the nations of Oceania except Nauru are island groups (Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Papau New Guinea, Solomon islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu) |
| Polynesia | one of the three regions in Oceania, meaning "many islands" |
| Micronesia | one of the three regions of Oceania, meaning "tiny islands" |
| International Date Line | goes through Micronesia and Tonga and finally east of South Island, New Zealand |
| Oceania regions | Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia |
| Treaty of Waitangi | the treaty signed by the British and Maori in 1840 giving Britain control over New Zealand |
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