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3. Includes tens of thousands
of tropical islands, most of
them located in the southern
and western parts of the
Pacific Ocean.
This water world is larger
than all the world’s land
areas combined.
Major powers colonized many
of these islands over the
course of three centuries.

4. Only France retains a
colonial empire in the
Pacific.
Countries are part of a
region of strategic
importance where the sea
dominates the land, where
places are isolated from one
another, and where distances
between them are enormous.

6. High Islands/Volcanic
Islands
Volcanic Islands are the peaks
of mountains that rise from the
sea floor. These high islands
have coral platforms, or
Fringing Reefs, attached to
their shores. It also have coral
Barrier Reefs that ring the high
island and encircle a Lagoon.

7. Low Islands/Atolls
Atolls are coral Barrier Reefs
that continued to build after
the volcanic peak that they once
surrounded sank beneath the sea,
leaving a circle of low-lying
coral reefs surrounding an empty
Lagoon.

8. Example of a
Volcanic Island

9. Example of an
Atoll

11. Melanesia
• Melanesia, which is located
in the southwest Pacific
north and east of Australia
and New Zealand, has more
land area and more people
than either Micronesia or
Polynesia.

13. Countries Composing
Melanesia:
• Solomon Islands

14. Solomon Islands
Tourist Attraction: Leru Cut

15. Vanuatu

16. Vanuatu Tourist
Attraction: Espiritu Is.

17. New Caledonia

18. New Caledonia Tourist
Attraction: Coeur De Voh

19. Fiji

20. Papua New Guinea

21. Papua New Guinea Tourist
Attraction: Rouna Falls

22. Micronesia
• North of Melanesia and east
of the Philippines is
Micronesia, which includes
2,000 or more tiny islands
strewn across an expanse of
ocean as large as the United
States.

24. Countries Composing
Micronesia:
• Caroline Islands

25. Palau

26. Palau Tourist Attraction:
Jelly Fish Lake

27. Marshall Islands

28. Nauru

29. Nauru Tourist
Attraction:Anibare Bay

30. Guam

31. Guam Tourist Attraction:Two
Lovers Point

32. Wake Islands

33. Wake Islands Tourist
Attraction:98 Rock

34. Northern Mariana Islands

35. N. Mariana Islands Tourist
Attraction:Suicide Cliff

36. Polynesia
• Polynesia is located east of
Melanesia and Micronesia in the
heart of the Pacific Ocean.
Polynesia has a large number of
islands. Its boundaries form a
huge triangle extending from
New Zealand to Hawaii to
Chile’s Easter Island.

38. Countries Composing
Polynesia:
• American Samoa

39. Hawaii

40. Hawaii Tourist
Attraction:Sweetheart Rock Lanai

41. Tonga

42. Tonga Tourist Attraction:Blowholes of
Tongatapu

43. Tuvalu

44. Western Samoa/Samoa

45. Western Samoa Tourist
Attraction:Piula Cave Pool

46. New Zealand

47. New Zealand Tourist
Attractions:Roturua

48. Togariro

49. Cook Islands

50. Pitcairn Islands

51. Pitcairn Islands Tourist Attraction:
Fletcher Christian Cave

52. Easter Islands

53. Easter Islands Tourist
Attractions: Te Pito O Te Henua

54. Rapa Nui National Park

56. Kiribati

58. Europeans, Aborigines,
and Maori
• Most European settlers who came
to Australia and New Zealand
were convinced of the
superiority of European
culture. In Australia, native
Aborigines were viewed as
lesser people, pushed off the
best land, and finally housed
on reservations.

59. The Australian Aborigines
• Australia’s aborigines are a
Melanesian people who lived
as Hunters and gatherers in
Australia for thousands of
years. They lived in more
than 500 territorial groups,
each with its own language.

60. Australian Aborigine

63. The Maori of New Zealand
• The Maori lived primarily as
hunters and gatherers in New
Zealand, although they also
tended gardens. When British
reached New Zealand, about
200,000 Maori lived there,
mainly on North Island. They
had a well-organized society
with experienced traders.

64. Maori of New Zealand

67. Thank You!