Australia's states keep their own parliaments and powers in the constitution, while Canberra handles defense and trade. Which arrangement is this?

New Zealand's Parliament can make laws for the whole country, and local councils get authority from national law. What system does this describe?

Fiji elects a parliament, and the head of state is a president rather than a monarch. Which government form is described?

Papua New Guinea has an elected parliament but recognizes the British monarch as head of state through a governor-general. What is this system?

The Federated States of Micronesia has states with their own governments plus a national constitution and elected president. Which structure is this?

Samoa has an elected parliament and a head of state chosen under its constitution, not a foreign monarch. Which category fits best?

Antarctica has no sovereign national government; activities there are managed through agreements among many countries. Which arrangement governs it?

Australia exports large amounts of iron ore, coal and natural gas. These goods come directly from natural resources, so which economic sector produces them?

New Zealand earns export income from dairy products, meat and wool. Which sector does this export mix mainly represent?

If tourists from abroad pay for hotels, restaurants and guided reef trips in Fiji, which sector is earning export income?

A tuna cannery in the Solomon Islands buys fish, cans it and ships the packaged food overseas. Which sector is most involved in the canning step?

Kiribati sells fishing licenses and exports some copra made from coconuts. The coconut growing belongs mainly to which sector?

Antarctic stations collect climate, ice-core and astronomy data for universities and governments. Which sector best describes this work?

A company in Papua New Guinea extracts copper and gold ore for export. Which sector describes that export activity?

GDP per capita is used to compare Australia and Pacific island states. What does this indicator measure?

HDI is often higher in Australia and New Zealand than in some smaller Pacific states. What does HDI combine that GDP alone does not?

Life expectancy at birth is one development indicator. What does it estimate?

A table shows a country's infant mortality rate. What does that indicator measure?

Adult literacy rate is used in development comparisons across Oceania. What does it measure?

A geographer compares the percentage of workers in agriculture across Pacific countries. What does a very high share usually indicate?

Tonga lies far from major markets and exports a small range of farm and fish products. What follows most directly from this geography?

When a small Pacific economy depends heavily on one mineral or crop, what risk increases?

Many small island states have limited domestic populations. Why can that make manufacturing harder to expand?

Samoa and Kiribati import fuel, machinery and many consumer goods from far away. What is a likely consequence?

A cyclone damages one port on a small island country whose exports leave through that port. Which economic effect is most direct?

If a Pacific country earns much of its foreign income from tourism, what problem can distance from major markets create?

Guam is under U.S. sovereignty and is not an independent country. What political status best describes Guam?

French Polynesia is governed as an overseas collectivity of France, with powers shared with Paris. What is it?

American Samoa has its own local government but remains under U.S. sovereignty. Which status fits best?

Vanuatu elects its own parliament and president and answers to no outside government. What political status is this?