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Why were the Europeans and Americans interested in colonizing the Pacific Islands?
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How are all the five large nations of Oceania different from the small islands?
The large nations have more developed economies
What did Europeans most typically use small pacific islands for?
Military testing sites
Is Caribbean in Africa?
No the Caribbean is not in Africa but it do consist of Africans. As well as East Idians, Chinese, Syrians, Europeans. Its is a chanin of islands and some main lands that is washed by the Caribbean sea and its South of South America.
What happened to Tasmanian Aborigines around the 1800s?
In the 1800s, the Tasmanian Aborigines started to be systematically decimated by the Europeans. Their land was taken, and many were relocated to some of the Tasmanian islands. The last full-blooded Aborigine died in 1876.
How many islands in India?
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the east and The Lakshadweep Islands in the west.
What were small Pacific islands like the Marshall Islands typically used for by the Europeans and Americans?
They were and still are used as Military testing sites.
What were small Pacific Islands like the Marshaw island typically used for by Europeans and Americans?
Small Pacific Islands like the Marshall Islands were typically used by Europeans and Americans as military outposts, trading posts for resources like copra and guano, and as stopover points for whaling and trade expeditions. They were also often used for scientific research and to establish communication networks in the region.
Why did some Americans support annexation of the Philippines?
The U.S. would benefit from the islands' naval and commercial value and the Europeans would stop seizing them.
What Englishman sponsored two colonizing attempts on Roanoke islands?
Sir Walter Raleigh
What group of islands was most valued by Europeans?
Spice Islands
What happened to local Native Americans after the spanish arrived in the Caribbean islands?
After the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean islands, many of the local Native Americans were enslaved, killed, or died from diseases brought by the Europeans. The Spanish also forced them to convert to Christianity and disrupted their traditional way of life. The population of Native Americans declined significantly due to these factors.
Who was known to the europeans as the spice islands?
Moluccas
What were the Moluccas know to Europeans as?
Spice Islands
Why was the French Empire ultimately so much less successful than either the Spanish or the British?
they were more interested in their fertile carribean sugar islands than in colonizing in north america, also, i believe, the English colonists attempted to resist them, good luck! -nav
Who were the first Europeans to come to Caribbean islands?
the spanyears
Many of the Caribbean islands were once ruled by europeans as?
Republics
The moluccas were known to the europeans as the?
The Spice Islands.
